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HISTORY 


- OF  THK 


CRYSTAL  LAKE,  ILLINOIS. 


1842-1900 


BY 

HENRY  F.  GIBBS. 


PRICE,  FIFTY  CENTS. 


NUNDA.  ILLINOIS: 

PRESS  OF  THE  NUNDA  HERALD 

1900 


PREFACE 


The  committee  who  arranged  a  programme 
for  the  semi-centennial  celebration  of  the  organ¬ 
ization  of  this  church  in  January,  1892.  requested 
me  to  examine  the  records  of  the  church  for  the 
fifty  years  of  its  existence,  and  write  a  “Chapter 
of  Church  History,"  as  a  part  of  the  programme 
for  that  occasion. 

A  careful  examination  of  the  records  showed 
them  to  be  very  incomplete,  and  in  some  of  them 
the  ink  was  fading  so  as  to  be  almost  illegible, 
and  the  binding  was  giving  away  so  that  the 
leaves  were  liable  to  fall  out  and  be  entirely  lost. 

These  facts,  with  the  possibility  of  the  en¬ 
tire  records  being  destroyed^by  fire,  or  other  un¬ 
foreseen  accident,  make  it  seem  desirable  that 
whatever  historical  facts  can  be  gathered  from 
our  records,  and  from  other  available  sources, 
should  be  compiled,  and  printed  in  pamphlet 
form,  for  the  benefit  of  all  who  still  cherish  the 
memories  of  the  church  membership  of  “other 
days,"  and  would  be  a  valued  keepsake  hereafter 
for  all  the  membership  of  the  church  today. 

The  Chapter  of  Church  History  as  given  in 
1892,  with  such  additional  facts  as  have  since 


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been  obtained,  is  here  reproduced,  and  such 
items  of  interest  as  have  since  been  recorded  up 
to  the  close  of  the  year  1899  have  been  added, 
with  a  chronological  list  of  all  who  have  been 
members  of  the  church,  in  the  order  in  which 
they  united,  and  an  alphabetical  and  family  list 
of  members,  with  whatever  information  has  been 
obtained  in  regard  to  them,  and  also  a  list  of  all 
the  Ministers,  Deacons,  Clerks,  Treasurers  and 
Trustees  of  this  church  from  1842  to  1900  ;  also 
the  Articles  of  Faith,  Covenant  and  Rules  of 
the  Church. 

I  trust  that  the  desire  to  preserve  our  re¬ 
cords  permanently  will  lead  our  readers  to  over¬ 
look  all  defects  in  the  performance  of  the  diffi¬ 
cult  task  I  have  attempted  to  accomplish. 

Our  sincere  thanks  are  hereby  tendered  to 
all  our  membership  of  today,  as  well  as  to  all 
former  members  and  friends,  who  have  contrib¬ 
uted  either  financially  or  otherwise  toward  in¬ 
suring  the  success  of  this  work. 

H.  F.  GIBBS. 

Crystal  Lake,  III.,  Jan.  1,  1900. 


CONTENTS 

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A  Chapter  of  Church  History .  9 

Monthly  Church  Meetings .  10 

Building  Their  First  Church . 10 

Ministers5  Salaries  Fifty  Years  Ago .  12 

Organization  of  a  Society  in  1851 .  13 

Church  and  Society  Business  Ways .  14 

Organization  of  the  Elgin  Association .  14 

How  Sextons  Were  Appointed  in  “Ye  Olden  Time55 .  15 

Dedication  of  the  Church  in  1868 . .  15 

The  Church  Bell .  16 

List  of  Ministers  for  Fifty  Years  .  17 

Slavery  and  Liquor . .  18 

Amusements .  18 

List  of  Church  Officers  Jan.  10,  1892 .  19 

Conclusion .  20 

Semi-Centennial  Celebration.. .  22 

Organization  of  a  Society  in  1869 .  24 

Organization  of  the  Barreville  Church . 25 

Items  of  Interest .  26 

Chronological  list  of  Members .  30 

Alphabetical  and  Family  List  of  Members .  44 

List  of  Ministers .  ....  79 

List  of  Deacons .  80 

List  of  Church  Clerks  .  83 

List  of  Treasurers .  84 

List  of  Trustees .  85 

Articles  of  Faith .  89 

Covenant .  89 

Church  Covenant .  90 

Rules  of  the  Church .  90 

List  of  Church  Officers  Jan.  1,  1900 .  94 


A  Chapter  of  Church  History 


JAN.  10th.  1893. 

•  January  10th,  1842-  at  a  meeting'  of  a  num¬ 
ber  of  the  religious  residents  of  Crystal  Lake 
and  vicinity  pursuant  to  notice,  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  a  Christian  Church,  Rev.  N.  C. 
Clark  and  Rev.  C.  L.  Hall  being  present,  the 
meeting  was  opened  with  singing  and  prayer. 
It  was 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  form  a 
church  at  this  place,  at  this  time. 

Resolved,  That  this  church  shall  be  called 
The  Congregational  Church  of  Crystal  Lake. 

The  church  was  organized  with  the  following 
eight  members,  viz:  Reuben  Jenne,  Mrs.  Susan 
Jentie,  John  VV.  Salisbury,  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Salis¬ 
bury,  Allen  Baldwin,  Mrs.  Julia  Baldwin,  George 
W.  Dike  and  James  T.  Pierson. 

None  of  them  are  now  members  of  this 
church,  and  only  two  of  them  are  now  living — 
Deacon  J.  W  Salisbury,  of  Elgin,  Ill.,  who  is 
unable  to  be  with  us  today,  and  George  W. 
Dike,  who  is  still  a  resident  of  this  village.  All 
of  them  united  by  letters  from  eastern  churches 
except  Mr.  Baldwin,  who  united  by  profession. 


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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jenne  were  dismissed  to  El¬ 
gin,  Ill.,  in  1844.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raldwin  were 
dismissed  by  general  letters  in  1868.  George 
W.  Dike  was  dismissed  to  the  Free  Methodist 
Church  at  Crystal  Lake  in  1867.  James  T. 
Pierson  was  dismissed  to  Clinton,  Iowa,  in  1872. 
and  died  there  in  1886.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Salisbury 
were  dismissed  to  Elgin,  Ill.,  in  1886.  Mrs. 
Salisbury  died  there  in  1890. 

Monthly  Church  Mootings. 


In  the  early  days  of  the  church's  history 
the  monthly  meetings  were  usually  held  at  the 
residences  of  some  of  the  members — sometimes 
in  one  part  of  the  parish  and  sometimes  in  an¬ 
other,  and  occasionally  in  the  schoolhouse  at 
Crystal  Lake,  or  in  the  one  in  the  Dike  district. 

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Building  Their  First  Church. 


There  is  nothing  in  the  records  by  which  we 
can  determine  exactly  the  time  of  the  buildino- 

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or  of  the  dedication  of  the  first  church  edifice. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  held  at  the  house 
of  J.  T.  Pierson,  March  8tli,  1845,  it  was  voted 
that  this  church  build  a  house  for  public  worship 


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this  season.  J.  T.  Pierson,  H.  C.  Wells  and  G. 
W.  Dike  be,  and  are,  hereby  constituted  a  build¬ 
ing  committee. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  held  at  the 
house  of  Allen  Baldwin,  April  4th,  1846,  a 
change  was  made  in  the  building  committee, 
showing  that  the  church  was  not  then  finished. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  May  2nd,  1846, 
voted  that  J.  T.  Pierson  and  Allen  Baldwin  be 
a  committee  to  draft  resolutions  for  the  examin¬ 
ation  of  this  church,  relative  to  selling  the  meet¬ 
ing  house  now  in  building,  for  the  use  of  an 
academy. 

At  a  church  meeting,  July  22nd,  1846,  voted 
that  we  appraise  the  seats  in  the  meeting  house 
and  offer  them  for  sale  to  the  highest  bidder  for 
the  purpose  of  defraying  the  expense  of  build¬ 
ing  the  house.  If  the  church  building  was  ever 
dedicated  the  fact  could  not  be  proved  by  the 
church  records.  (I  have  since  been  informed 
that  the  church  was  dedicated  June  14th,  1849.) 

Eighteen  years  later  the  church  had  so  far 
outgrown  their  first  meeting  house  that  it  was 
deemed  necessary  to  dispose  of  it  and  erect  a 
larger  one  in  its  place. 

It  was  sold  to  the  Methodists  of  Nunda  in 
1867  for  $400,  moved  to  Nunda,  and  used  as 
their  house  of  worship  until  they  built  the 
church  which  they  now  occupy  in  1874,  and  was 
then  sold  to  Mr.  Josiah  Walkup,  and  trans- 


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formed  into  a  dwelling-  house,  and  is  now  a  part 
of  the  Pingry  Hotel,  at  Nunda. 

Ministers'  Salaries  Fifty  Years  Ago. 


From  an  examination  of  the  records  of  this 
church  we  would  naturally  infer  that  the  first 
two  or  three  ministers  were  not  expected  to  put 
on  any  great  amount  of  style,  or  be  guilty  of 
very  much  financial  extravagance  in  any  way. 

At  a  church  meeting  in  March.  18+2,  it  was 
resolved  that  this  church  take  measures  to  em¬ 
ploy  a  minister  of  the  gospel  Whereupon  the 
labors  of  Rev.  E  G.  Howe  were  engaged  for 
one-fourth  of  the  time,  commencing  in  April  and 
ending  with  the  close  of  the  year,  for  the  consid¬ 
eration  of  $37.00. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  held  March  8th, 
1845,  voted  that  the  clerk  extend  a  call  to 
Rev.  Spencer  Baker  to  preach  for  this  church 
once  in  two  weeks  for  one  year  and  that  we  pay 
him  $100.00  for  the  same. 

May  5th,  1851.  a  call  was  extended  to  and 
accepted  by  Rev.  George  Langdon  to  be  pastor 
of  this  church,  and  a  committee  of  three  was 
appointed  to  guarantee  the  payment  of  his  sal¬ 
ary,  which  was  to  be  $150  00  a  year. 

Mr  Langdon  was  installed  over  this  church 


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Aug.  13th,  1851,  and  resigned  after  one  year’s 
service. 

Two  of  our  ministers  were  ordained  here. 
Henry  E.  Barnes  in  1862  and  James  H.  Harwood 
in  1863  Both  are  now  D.  D.’s. 

About  ten  years  later  than  the  call  to  Mr. 
Langdon,  or  Sept.  27th,  1861,  the  church  voted 
unanimously  to  extend  a  call  to  Rev.  Henry  E. 
Barnes  to  be  the  pastor  of  this  church  for  one 
year,  at  a  salary  of  $400  00.  Mr.  Barnes  re¬ 
signed  Aug.  29th,  1862,  as  he  had  been  ap¬ 
pointed  a  Chaplain  in  the  72nd  Regiment  of  Ill¬ 
inois  Volunteers. 

As  we  find  no  evidence  to  the  contrary,  we 
conclude  that  our  Pastors  have  been  comfortably 
provided  for  by  the  church,  as,  whatever  may 
be  the  fate  of  the  present  incumbent  (Rev.  O. 
M.  Van  Swearingen)  there  is  nothing  in  our 
records  to  show  that  any  of  the  others  ever 
starved  to  death  while  in  our  employ. 

Organization  of  a  Congregational  Society, 


March  8th,  1851,  at  an  adjourned  meeting, 
it  was  resolved  that  it  is  expedient  to  take 
measures  to  organize  a  Congregational  Society 
in  connection  with  this  church. 

Voted  that  we  have  a  committee  of  four 


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appointed  to  draft  a  constitution  for  this  society, 
to  be  presented  at  our  next  meeting. 

March  29th,  1S51,  at  a  regular  church  meet¬ 
ing,  the  committee  presented  a  constitution  for 
the  purpose  of  forming  a  society  in  connection 
with  this  church,  and  it  was  adopted.  There  is 
no  record  of  the  constitution,  the  electicn  of  any 
society  officers,  or  records  of  society  meetings, 
or  of  formally  abolishing  the  society,  and  with 
one  or  two  exceptions  all  business  seems  to  have 
been  done  entirely  by  the  church. 


The  wav  the  church  and  societv  transacted 

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business  in  those  days  is  shown  by  the  following 
record.  Aug.  28th,  1852,  voted  that  there  be  a 
committee  of  two  from  the  church  and  one  from- 
the  society  to  invite  a  minister  of  the  gospel  to 
preach  to  this  church,  on  trial,  with  a  view  of 
being  Pastor.  Voted  that  J.  W.  Salisbury  and 
Allen  Baldwin,  for  the  church,  and  Jonathan 
Dike,  for  the  society,  be  that  committee. 

Organization  of  the  Elgin  Association* 


THIS  CHURCH  SENDS  A  DELEGATE. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  Aug.  28th, 
a  report  was  made  by  William  Reed,  our 


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delegate  to  the  meeting  at  Elgin,  Ill.,  convened 
for  the  purpose  of  organizing  an  ecclesiastical 
body,  called  The  Elgin  Association  of  Congre¬ 
gational  Churches.  The  report  was  accepted. 

How  Sextons  Were  Appointed  in  uYe  Olden  Time.” 

Our  church  members  of  thirty  years  ago 
had  rather  queer  ideas  as  to  the  best  method  of 
appointing  sextons  to  have  charge  of  their  house 
of  worship.  There  was  no  gambling  about  it — 
at  least  no  playing  cards,  no  shaking  dice  or 
flipping  pennies  to  see  who  should  build  the  fire, 
and  light,  and  sweep  the  house,  but  simply  cast 
lots,  as  we  find  by  the  records  of  Nov.  28th, 
1862.  “Voted  that  the  names  of  heads  of 
families  of  this  church  be  put  on  slips  of  paper 
and  put  in  a  hat,  and  when  a  name  is  drawn  out 
by  the  clerk,  said  person  is  to  make  a  fire  and 
sweep  the  house  of  worship  two  Sabbaths.” 

As  this  vote  was  rescinded  Dec.  26th,  1862 
— in  less  than  a  month — the  probability  is  that 
the  plan  didn’t  work  any  better  than  they  ex¬ 
pected. 

Dedication  of  This  Church. 


This  church  building  was  dedicated  July 
19th,  1868.  Rev.  Joseph  E.  Roy,  of  Chicago, 


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Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


delivered  the  dedicatory  sermon.  One  thousand 
dollars  was  raised  at  that  time  to  finish  paying 
for  the  building.  The  History  of  McHenry 
County  says  it  cost  $7,000.  If  any  of  the  pres¬ 
ent  members  of  this  church  know  what  it  cost 
the)7  know  more  than  can  be  proved  by  our 
records. 

(I  have  since  ascertained  that  the  lots  cost 
$400;  the  foundation,  $178;  builders'  contract, 
$6,100;  stained  glass  for  the  windows,  $85;  paid 
architect  for  plan,  $100;  total,  $6,863.  Toward 
the  payment  of  this  amount  the  old  church  was 
sold  for  $400,  and  the  Congregational  Union  — 
now  the  Congregational  Church  Building 
Societv — gave  the  church  $500  on  condition  that 
a  collection  be  taken  annually  for  that  society.) 

The  Church  Bell. 


The  bell  which  calls  us  to  this  house  of 
worship  every  Sabbath  was  placed  in  its  present 
position  July  10th,  1875,  by  Mr.  B  L.  Pomeroy. 
It  was  48  inches  in  diameter,  and  weighed  1,586 
pounds,  and  cost  over  $600.  The  price  was  37  J2 
cents  per  pound  at  the  foundry  at  Troy.  N.  Y., 
and  with  the  freight  added  would  make  the  ex¬ 
pense  more  than  the  amount  mentioned.  It  was 
a  present  to  the  church  from  Mr.  Franklin  Dike, 


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who  was  a  much  esteemed  resident  of  this 
village  at  that  time. 

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List  of  Ministers  for  Fifty  Years. 


Rev.  E.  G.  Howe . 1842 

Rev.  Hiram  Kellogg . 1843 

Rev.  Spencer  Baker . 1844 

Rev.  J.  V.  Downs . 1847 

Rev.  I.  C.  Beach . 1848. 

Rev.  George  Langdon. . .  .1850 
Rev.  Elkanah  Whitney. . .  1853 

Rev.  J.  V.  Downs . 1854 

Rev.  Francis  L.  Fuller ...  1856 
Rev.  Henrv  E.  Barnes. . .  .1861 

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Rev.  James  H.  Harwood. .  1863 

Rev.  N.  A.  Millard . 1864 

Rev.  J.  H.  Harwood . 1865 


Rev.  Samuel  C.  Hay . 1867 

Rev.  William  F.  Rose. . .  .1868 

Rev.  Robert  Hay . 1869 

Rev.  E.  N.  Andrews . 1872 

Rev.  S.  C.  Hay . 1875 

Rev.  E.  D.  Bailey . 1877 

Rev.  C.  J.  Adams . 1879 

Rev.  R.  B.  Wright . 1880 

Rev.  A.  E.  Allaben . 1883 

Rev.  Henry  Willard . 1884 

Rev.  J.  R.  Kaye . 1885 

Rev.  E.  F.  Wright . 1887 


Rev.  O.M.VanSwearingenl890 


From  this  list  we  find  that  during  the  fifty 
years  since  the  organization  of  this  church,  it 
has  had  twenty-six  pastorates  —  twenty-three 
different  ministers.  Three  of  them,  viz:  Rev. 

-  J.  V.  Downs,  Rev.  J.  H.  Harwood  and  Rev.  S. 
C.  Hay,  were  each  of  them  employed  twice  as 
pastors  of  this  church. 

The  use  of  a  little  arithmetic  here  shows  us 
that  the  average  pastorate  has  been  less  than 
two  years  each,  showing  conclusively  that  our 
Congregational  ministers  are  not  a  whit  behind 
their  Methodist  brethren  in  their  ability — 
to  pack  up  and  move. 


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Slavery  and  Liquor. 


The  position  of  this  church  on  the  slavery 
and  liquor  questions  is  shown  by  their  by-laws, 
adopted  eight  years  after  the  organization  of 
the  church,  viz:  Our  Savior’s  brief  and  incom¬ 
parable  exposition  of  moral  law,  “All  things 
whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should  do  to  you, 
do  ye  even  so  to  them,”  is  regarded  by  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  this  church  as  general  law: 

1st — In  regard  to  the  fulfillment  of  promises. 

2nd — In  regard  to  buying  and  selling. 

3rd — In  regard  to  the  payment  of  debts. 

4th — In  regard  to  slavery  as  it  exists  in  the 
Southern  states. 

N.  B.  This  law — the  Golden  Rule — is  still 
in  the  Bible,  and  also  in  our  church  records. 

Their  temperance  platform  was  this,  and  it 
is  the  same  today: 

“No  member  of  this  church  shall  use  or 
vend  distilled  alcoholic  spirits,  except  for  neces¬ 
sary  medicinal  or  chemical  purposes.” 

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Amusements. 


Their  rule  in  regard  to  amusements,  if 
strictly  obeyed  by  every  church  member  in  the 
United  States,  would  not  weaken  the  influence 


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of  the  church  over  those  who  are  not  Christians, 

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but  it  might  possibly  lessen  the  revenues  of 
county  fairs,  as  they  are  conducted  at  the  pres¬ 
ent  day.  This  is  the  rule: 

“No  member  of  this  church  shall  associate 
with  parties  convened  for  ungodly  and  worldly 
amusements,  some  of  which  are  dancing,  card 
parties,  the  theater,  the  circus,  horse  racing,  &c.” 


The  first  minister  who  was  a  member  of 
this  church  was  Rev.  Robert  Hay,  in  1869 — 
twenty-seven  years  after  the  organization  of  the 
church. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CHURCH,  JANUARY  10th,  1892. 


Rev.  O.  M.  Van  Swearingen,  Pastor. 
William  W  Dike,  Clerk. 

Henry  P.  Gibbs,  Treasurer. 

DEACONS. 

William  Reed. 

Silas  S.  Rollins. 

Charles  P.  Dike. 


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OFFICERS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


TRUSTEES. 

E.  L.  Pomeroy. 

W.  W.  Dike 
S.  H.  Nash. 

H.  H.  Ford. 

C.  F.  Dike. 

M.  Peterson. 

E.  L.  Pomeroy,  President. 
W.  W.  Dike,  Clerk. 


Conclusion. 


Who  will  take  our  places  in  the  Centennial' 
celebration  services,  fifty  years  from  now  ? 
Upon  whose  shoulders  will  the  mantles  of  these 
fathers  and  mothers  in  Israel  fall,  when  they 
shall  have  laid  down  life’s  weary  burdens  and 
gone  to  their  reward  ? 

I  wish  I  had  prophetic  vision,  so  that  I 
could  speak  their  names  here  today.  But  God 
only  knows  the  future. 

Some  of  our  younger  members  will  probably 
live  to  see  the  year  of  our  Lord  1942.  They 
may  not  be  here,  but  God  grant  that  wherever 
their  lot  may  be  cast,  they  may  always  faith¬ 
fully  perform  their  duties  to  their  God,  to  the 


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church,  to  the  state  and  to  their  fellow-men, 
and  be  a  blessing  to  all  with  whom  they  asso¬ 
ciate. 

Long  before  the  next  half  century  celebra¬ 
tion  many  of  us  who  are  here  today  will  have 
passed  away  to  that  “bourne  from  whence  no 
traveler  e’er  returns.”  May  God  help  us  to  so 
live  that  we  may  be  like  “shocks  of  corn,  fully 
ripe,  ready  for  the  harvest.” 

H.  F.  G. 

Crystal  Lake,  III.,  Jan.  10th,  1892. 


Semi-Centennial  Celebration 


Tuesday,  Jan.  12th,  1892,  dawned  clear  and 
bright,  but  quite  cold. 

The  preparations  for  the  anniversary  had 
gone  forward,  and  at  the  hour  appointed  the 
people  assembled  in  the  church.  The  pro¬ 
gramme,  as  arranged,  was  taken  up.  The  ad¬ 
dress  of  welcome  bv  Miss  Lyra  E.  Dike  was 
well  presented  and  interesting.  The  response 
by  Rev.  S.  C.  Hay  was  also  able  and  of  great 
interest.  Fraternal  greetings  were  brought  by 
Rev.  Hale,  of  Ridgefield;  Rev.  Hamilton,  of  the 
M.  E.  church,  and  Rev.  Cannon,  of  the  Christian 
Church,  of  Xunda.  The  greetings  were  very 
cordial  and  felicitous. 

Rev  E.  F.  Wright,  of  Huntley,  pronounced 
the  benediction,  and  the  meeting  adjourned  for 
dinner.  All  were  cordially  invited  to  step  over 
to  the  chapel  and  partake  of  a  bountiful  dinner, 
made  ready  by  the  entertainment  committee. 
Nearly  all  remained,  and  a  very  pleasant  social 
time  followed. 

The  afternoon  session  was  better  attended, 
and  the  programme  carried  out  in  full,  except 
the  responsive  reading,  which  was  omitted. 


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Letters  from  former  pastors  and  members 
were  first  read,  and  proved  very  interesting — 
some  of  them  quite  touching  in  their  expressions 
of  affection  for  this  church  and  people. 

The  paper  by  Mrs.  Hay,  “The  Memory  of 
the  Just,”  was  a  touching  and  worthy  tribute  to 
many  of  those  who  for  many  years  were  the 
pillars  of  the  church,  and  have  entered  into  rest. 
The  “Chapter  of  Church  History”  by  H.  F. 
Gibbs  was  as  complete  as  a  careful  study  of  the 
records,  which  proved  to  be  very  incomplete, 
and  information  gathered  from  other  sources, 
could  make  it.  The  people  were  again  invited 
to  the  chapel  for  supper,  and  the  time  passed 
pleasantly  until  the  evening  service. 

Bro.  Wright  complained  that  his  thunder 
had  been  stolen  by  the  addresses  of  the  day,  and 
gave  a  stirring,  practical  address  on  church 
work. 

“Crystal  Lake  Fifty  Years  Ago,”  by 
Deacon  Anson  Thompson,  of  the  Baptist  church, 
was  a  very  interesting  address  on  the  early  days 
of  our  village.  It  was  listened  to  with  great 
interest  and  considerable  amusement. 

Opportunity  was  given  for  short  addresses 
from  any  one  in  the  audience,  and  was  responded 
to  by  Bro.  Elihu  Hubbard,  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
also  by  our  venerable  Deacon  Reed,  who  gave 
his  early  experience  in  this  county,  and  Rev. 
Henry  Willard,  a  former  pastor. 


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The  music  was  mostly  by  Miss  Fannie  Crow 
and  a  quartet  of  male  voices. 

The  benediction  was  pronounced  by  the 
pastor,  Rev.  O.  M.  Van  Swearingen,  after  one 
of  the  most  delightful  days  ever  enjoyed  by 
those  who  attended  the  services. 

A  SOCIETY  ORGANIZED* 


Feb.  9th,  1869,  a  society  in  connection  with 
this  church  was  organized,  with  a  constitution 
and  by-laws  and  officers,  consisting  of  six 
trustees,  a  treasurer  and  a  clerk  ;  the  church, 
which  had  formerly  elected  the  trustees  and 
treasurer,  having  no  officers  except  the  deacons 
and  a  church  clerk. 

The  main  object  in  forming  the  society  was 
to  interest  wealthy  residents  (who  were  not 
members  of  any  church)  in  our  church  affairs, 
as  signing  the  constitution  gave  them  the  right 
to  vote  on  certain  questions  Only  two  or  three 
obtained  the  right  of  suffrage  in  this  way,  and 
then  seldom  if  ever  used  it.  The  society  proved 
to  be  a  useless  appendage.  For  instance:  A 
church  meeting  would  be  called  to  vote  on  the 
calling  or  dismissal  of  a  pastor;  then  a  society 
meeting  would  be  called,  and  the  same  people 
would  reassemble  and  solemnly  vote  to  concur 


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25 


with  the  church  in  its  action  of  a  few  days  be¬ 
fore.  Prom  the  organization  of  the  church  all 
deeds  and  other  property,  insurance,  &c. ,  has 
been  in  the  name  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Crystal 
Lake  Congregational  Church.  For  twenty-five 
years  the  church  had  no  trustees — no  one  to 
legally  hold  the  property.  March  3rd,  1894, 
the  society  was  abolished,  and  the  officers  were 
all  elected  by  the  church. 

ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  BARREYILLE  CHURCH. 


During  the  winter  of  1894  and  1895  Rev. 
John  E.  Evans,  then  pastor  of  this  church,  went 
to  Barreville  every  Sunday  afternoon,  no  matter 
what  kind  of  going,  or  how  inclement  the 
weather,  and  preached  in  the  schoolhouse  to  the 
people  of  that  neighborhood,  and  July  30th,  1895, 
he  organized  a  Union  Congregational  Church 
there  of  twenty-one  members,  and  a  formal  re¬ 
cognition  meeting  was  held  Aug.  1st. 


Items  of  Interest 


The  photograph  from  which  the  cut  of  the 
church  and  chapel  was  made  was  taken  by  Miss 
Nettie  Lewis  specially  for  this  work. 


The  church  was  papered  by  Elgin  parties 
in  August,  1887. 


The  furnace  now  in  use  was  purchased  in 
the  fall  of  1894.  It  cost  $190. 


The  church  was  reshingled  with  red  cedar 
shingles,  from  Washington,  in  the  spring  of 
1897,  by  John  Darby,  L.  Grover  and  H.  P. 
Gibbs.  The  two  chimneys  were  taken  down 
and  made  into  one  larger  one,  forty  feet  high. 
These  and  some  other  repairs  cost  nearly  $175. 


The  chapel  was  papered  by  Leroy  Beckley 

in  Julv,  1897. 

«/ 


The  hymn  books  now  in  use  were  purchased 
in  the  summer  of  1897. 


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27 


The  church  was  ceiled  overhead  with 
Georgia  pine,  in  the  fall  of  1898,  by  John  Darby 
and  L.  Grover,  which,  with  some  other  neces¬ 
sary  repairs,  cost  nearly  $200. 


The  church  was  papered  by  Mr.  Bolt,  of 
Elgin,  in  December,  1898. 


The  melodeon  now  in  the  chapel  was  pur¬ 
chased  of  Mr.  S.  N.  Tower,  of  Greenwood,  Ill., 
in  August,  1857,  for  $75,  of  which  Mr.  Tower 
donated  to  the  church  $12.50. 


The  first  organist  was  Miss  Frances  Ford. 
She  will  be  remembered  as  one  of  the  most  faith¬ 
ful  servants  of  the  church,  although  not  a  mem¬ 
ber.  She  was  a  sister  of  Mr.  Park  Ford,  our 
present  faithful  and  efficient  chorister. 


The  organ  now  in  use  in  the  church  was 
purchased  via  Leroy  S.  Beckley  in  May,  1886, 
for  $150. 


The  pulpit  and  stand,  costing  $32,  were 
presented  to  the  church  by  Mrs.  Sylvia  D.  Gates 
in  June,  1886. 

The  church  was  painted  in  July,  1891.  The 
work  cost  $65.  The  ladies  furnished  the  paint. 


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The  envelope  system  was  adopted  by  the 
church  July  27,  1874. 


The  twelve  sheds  near  the  chapel  were 
built  in  December,  1885. 


Nov.  15.  1891,  it  was  so  cloudy  and  dark  in 
the  church  that  the  minister  requested  the  jan¬ 
itor  to  light  the  pulpit  lamp  for  the  morning 

service. 


Prom  the  Alphabetical  List  the  church  his¬ 
tory  of  any  member  may  be  found  as  readily  as 
one  can  find  the  definition  of  any  word  in  the 
dictionary. 

The  figure  (7)  shows  that  the  name  given  is 
not  the  same  as  when  that  person  united.  Find 
in  the  Alphabetical  List  the  name  and  number 
referred  to,  and  their  record  will  be  found. 

From  the  corresponding  number  in  the 
Chronological  List  may  be  readily  found  how 
many,  and  who,  united  at  the  same  date  as  any 
particular  member,  and  also  from  this  list  may 
be  found  the  number  of  additions  to  the  church 
during  any  one  year,  or  term  of  years,  or  during 
the  pastorate  of  any  minister. 


Rev.  Frances  L.  Fuller  was  pastor  of  this 
church  from  April,  1856,  to  April,  1861. 


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29 


In  1856  the  church  raised  $272 

The  H.  M.  society  gave  $130.  Total  $402. 

In  1857  the  church  raised  $319. 

The  H.  M.  society  gave  $130.  Total  $449. 
In  1858  the  church  raised  $238. 

The  H.  M  society  gave  $100.  Total  $338. 
In  1859  the  church  raised  $267. 

The  H.  M.  society  gave  $100.  Total  $367. 
In  I860  the  church  raised  $264. 

The  H.  M.  society  gave  $100.  Total  $364. 


Since  1860  the  church  has  been  self  support¬ 
ing,  and  twenty-five  years  ago  paid  a  pastor 
$1,000  and  a  janitor  $100  salary. 


This  history  would  not  be  complete  without 
a  brief  mention  of  our  old  sexton,  Henry  Ford, 
who  was  one  of  the  neatest,  most  faithful,  most 
painstaking  janitors  any  church  ever  had,  and 
who  faithfully  served  this  church  nearly  twenty 
vears.  He  died  Dec.  4,  1897,  at  the  age  of  72 
vears. 


I 


Chronological  List 

of  members  of  the  Crystal  Lake,  Ill.,  Congregational  Church. 


The  church  was  organized  Jan. 
eight  charter  members: 

.  1  Reuben  Jenne. 

2  Mrs.  Susan  Jenne. 

3  John  W.  Salisbury. 

4  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Salisbury. 

5  George  W.  Dike. 

6  Allen  Baldwin. 

7  Mrs.  Julia  Baldwin. 

8  James  T.  Pierson. 


9  Horace  Wells. 

10  Mrs.  Lavinia  Wells. 


11  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dike. 

12  Solomon  Keyes. 

13  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Keyes. 


14  Ephraim  S.  Durfee. 

15  Mrs.  Lucy  Durfee. 

10  John  Harder. 

17  Miss  Catherine  Harder. 


10,  1842,  with  the  following 


Jan.  10.  1842.  L. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  Prof. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 


Apr.  17.  1842.  L. 

Apr.  17,  1842.  L. 


Mar.  20,  1843.  L. 

Mar?  20,  1843.  L. 

Mar.  20,  1843.  L. 


Apr.  16,  1843.  P. 

Apr.  16,  1843.  P. 


May  14,  1843.  P. 

May  14.  1843.  P. 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational 

Church 

31 

18 

Robert  Sedgwick. 

July  22,  1843. 

L. 

19 

Mrs.  Sarah  Sedgwick. 

July  22,  1843. 

L. 

20 

Mrs.  Jane  P.  Foster. 

Jul v  22,  1843. 

L. 

21 

Mrs.  Permelia  Smith. 

May  25,  1844. 

L. 

22 

Mrs.  Malinda  Jackman. 

May  25,  1844. 

L. 

23 

Pbineas  G.  Stanton. 

July  20,  1844. 

L. 

24 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stanton. 

July  20,  1844. 

L. 

25 

Stephen  Bradley. 

Aug.  17,  1844. 

L. 

26 

Miss  Betsey  Bradley 

Aug.  17,  1844. 

L. 

27 

Mrs.  A.  Baker. 

Nov.  9,  1844. 

L. 

28 

Miss  Rodelia  Baker. 

Nov.  9,  1844. 

L. 

29 

Wright  Warren. 

Feb.  1,  1845. 

L. 

30 

Mrs.  Cynthia  Warren. 

Feb.  1,  1845. 

L. 

31 

Miss  Electa  Warren. 

Feb.  1,  1845. 

L. 

32 

Miss  Abigail  Warren. 

Feb.  1,  1845. 

L. 

33 

Solomon  Keyes. 

Apr.  9,  1845. 

L. 

34 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Keyes. 

Apr.  9,  1845. 

L. 

35 

Mrs.  Cvnthia  Pratt. 

•j 

Apr.  26,  1485 

L. 

36 

Isaac  Brainard. 

June  1,  1845. 

L. 

37 

Mrs.  Arvilla  Brainard. 

June  1,  1845. 

L. 

38 

Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Stanton. 

June  28,  1845. 

L. 

39 

Mrs.  Volnev  Pinkerton. 

•v 

July  13,  1845. 

L. 

32  Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


40 

William  Reed. 

Jan.  2,  1847. 

L. 

41 

Mrs.  Elvira  Reed. 

Jan.  2,  1847. 

L. 

42 

Chester  Bennett. 

Mar.  27,  1847. 

L. 

43 

Mrs.  Orah  Bennett. 

Mar.  27,  1847. 

L. 

44 

Henry  D.  Adams. 

Jan.  10,  1849. 

L. 

45 

Mrs.  Priscilla  Adams. 

Jan.  10,  1849. 

L. 

46 

Miss  Sarah  Reed. 

May  4,  1850. 

P. 

47 

Horatio  P.  Pond. 

July  28,  1850. 

P. 

48 

Mrs.  Esther  Pond. 

July  28,  1850. 

P. 

40 

Miss  Eliza  Salisbury. 

July  28,  1850. 

P. 

50 

Harvey  Bunker. 

Mar.  27,  1852. 

L. 

51 

Mrs.  Clarissa  Bunker. 

Mar.  27,  1852. 

L. 

52 

Allen  Baldwin. 

Apr.  3,  1852. 

L. 

53 

Mrs.  Julia  Baldwin. 

Apr.  3,  1852. 

L. 

54 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  P.  Downs. 

Feb.  12.  1854. 

L. 

55 

Miss  Betsey  Bradley. 

Feb.  12,  1854. 

L. 

56 

Miss  Mary  L.  Bennett. 

Feb.  12,  1854. 

P. 

57 

James  S.  A  met. 

J une  4,  1854. 

L. 

58 

Allen  Lamb. 

Apr.  1,  1855. 

L. 

59 

Mrs.  Mary  Lamb. 

Apr.  1,  1855. 

L. 

60 

Dr.  William  J.  Wilson. 

Sep.  23,  1855. 

L. 

61 

Mrs.  Huldah  M.  Wilson. 

Apr.  1.  1855. 

L. 

62 

Silas  Olmstead. 

Sep.  23,  1855. 

L. 

63 

Mrs.  Peninnah  Olmstead. 

Sep.  23,  1855. 

L. 

64 

Mrs.  Harriet  Fuller. 

June  1.  1856. 

L. 

65 

66 
•67 
68 
69 


TO 

71 

72 

73 
71 


<o 
76 
1 7 


78 

79 

80 
81 
82 


83 


84 

85 

86 

87 

88 
89 


90 

91 

92 


93 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 

33 

Richard  Bushnell. 

Oct.  5,  1856. 

L. 

Mrs.  Adaline  Eushnell. 

Oct.  5,  1856. 

L. 

Miss  Armenia  Bowen. 

Oct.  5,  1856. 

P. 

Enos  B.  Nash. 

Oct.  5,  1856. 

L. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Nash. 

Oct.  5,  1856. 

L. 

Stephen  Burton. 

Apr.  23,  1857. 

L. 

Mrs.  Charlotte  J.  Burton. 

Apr.  23,  1857. 

L. 

Miss  Catherine  A.  Burton. 

Apr.  23,  1857. 

L. 

Zebulon  Carev. 

«/ 

A  pr.  23,  1857. 

L. 

Mrs.  Asanett  Carev. 

i/ 

Apr.  23,  1857. 

L. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Lye. 

June  20,  1858. 

P. 

Mrs.  Mary  Hearson. 

June  20,  1858. 

P. 

Charles  M.  Root. 

June  20,  1858. 

L. 

Mrs.  Jerusha  Tremper. 

J uly  2,  1858. 

L. 

Mrs.  Caroline  Douglass. 

July  2,  1858. 

L. 

Mrs.  Mary  C.  Pierson. 

July  2,  1858. 

P. 

Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Buck. 

July  2,  1858. 

P. 

Perley  Reed. 

^  ^ 

July  2,  1858. 

P. 

w  m  w 

Edward  Keyes. 

Nov;  5,  1858. 

L. 

Dr.  Edwin  A.  Beers. 

May  1,  1859. 

P. 

Thomas  F.  Buck. 

May  1,  1859. 

P. 

Mrs.  Hester  L.  Buck. 

May  1,  1859. 

P. 

Samuel  F.  Foster. 

May  1,  1859. 

L. 

Mrs.  Jane  P.  Foster. 

May  1,  1859. 

L. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Munshaw. 

May  1,  1859. 

L. 

Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Flaglor. 

July  3,  1859. 

L. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Esplin. 

Jan.  1,  1800. 

L. 

Thomas  Hart. 

Jan.  1,  1860. 

P. 

Mrs.  Lvdia  Ann  Benton. 

4 J 

Jan.  6,  1861. 

L. 

34 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


94 

Epenetus  Southworth. 

June  20,  1861. 

L. 

95 

Mrs.  Phebe  Southworth. 

June  20,  1861. 

L. 

96 

Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Crow. 

Dec.  1.  1861. 

L. 

97 

Miss  Mary  E.  Hart. 

Dec.  1,  1861. 

L. 

98 

Simon  S.  Gates. 

Dec.  1,  1861. 

L. 

99 

Mrs.  Sylvia  D.  Gates. 

Dec.  1,  1861. 

L. 

100 

Mrs.  Eliza  H.  Ellsworth. 

Dec.  1,  1861. 

P. 

101 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Burton  Smith. 

Dec.  1,  1861. 

P. 

102 

Miss  Margaret  J.  Burton. 

Dec.  1,  1861. 

P. 

103 

Miss  Harriet  I.  Salisbury. 

Dec.  1,  1861. 

P. 

104 

Henry  E.  Gibbs. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

105 

William  W.  Dike. 

J  une  8,  1862. 

P. 

106 

Seth  H.  Nash. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

107 

Robert  G.  Benton. 

J nne  8,  1862. 

P. 

108 

Miss  Martha  J.  Buck. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

109 

Miss  Harriet  J.  Rodgers. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

110 

Mrs.  Almira  Knox. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

111 

Mrs.  Hannah  Buck. 

J  une  8,  1862. 

P. 

112 

Miss  Adaline  Buck. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

113 

Mrs.  Julia  Perkins. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

114 

Thomas  Ford. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

115 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Beers. 

June  8,  1862. 

P. 

116 

Mrs.  Louise  Brown. 

June  8,  1862. 

L. 

117 

William  M.  Shields. 

June  8,  1862. 

L. 

118 

Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Shields. 

June  8,  1862. 

L. 

119 

'  Mrs.  Eliza  .J.  Long. 

Aug.  ; 

1,  1862. 

L. 

120 

Frank  Long. 

Aug.  3,  1862. 

P. 

121 

Miss  Sarah  Long. 

Aug.  3,  1862. 

P. 

122 

Miss  Diantha  Long. 

Aug.  3,  1862. 

P. 

123 

Miss  Sarah  Wallace. 

Aug.  £ 

h  1862. 

P. 

124 

Mrs.  Emilv  O.  Loomis. 

t/ 

May  3,  1863. 

L. 

125 

Miss  Sarah  M.  Corbin. 

May  3,  1863. 

L. 

126 

Mrs.  Caroline  Olm stead. 

May  3,  1863. 

L. 

127 

Mrs.  Mary  J.  Nash. 

May  3 

,  1863. 

L. 

Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 

35 

128 

Alfred  Harwood. 

Jan.  1,  1865. 

L. 

129 

Miss  Catherine  Harwood. 

- - 

Jan.  1,  1865. 

L. 

130 

Mrs.  Ellen  Kendrew. 

Mar.  5,  1865. 

P. 

131 

Charles  E.  Frisbie. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

L. 

132 

Mrs.  Eliza  Frisbie. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

L. 

133 

Edwin  R.  F.  Hart. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

L. 

131 

Mrs.  Margaret  E.  Hart. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

P. 

135 

George  W.  Fletcher. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

P. 

136 

Mrs.  Sarah  Jane  Fletcher. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

P. 

137 

Mrs.  Sarah  Rodgers. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

P. 

138 

David  Gennng. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

P. 

139 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Genung. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

L. 

140 

Miss  Hannah  G.  South  worth. 

J  uly  1,  1866. 

L. 

141 

Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Hibbard. 

July  1,  1866. 

L. 

142 

Calvin  Bushnell. 

Nov.  4,  1866. 

L. 

143 

Mrs.  Marv  A.  Bushnell. 

IS 

Nov.  4,  1866. 

L. 

144 

Henry  Bushnell. 

Feb.  3,  1867. 

P. 

145 

Mrs.  Cordelia  Harper. 

Feb.  3,  1867. 

P. 

146 

Charles  J.  Burton. 

Feb.  3.  1867. 

P. 

147 

James  Burton. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

148 

Mrs.  Margaret  Burton. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

149 

Miss  Emma  S.  Burton. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

150 

Miss  Margaret  H.  Burton. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

151 

Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Kimball. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

152 

Miss  Mary  Moore. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

153 

Miss  Clara  Fletcher. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

P. 

154 

Miss  Adaline  Kelsey. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

P. 

155 

Miss  Lydia  G.  Lippencott. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

P. 

156 

Eliphas  Reed. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

P. 

157 

Sherwood  S.  Ball. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

P. 

36 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


158 

Alfred  K.  Nash. 

July  14,  1867. 

P. 

159 

Joseph  D.  Nash. 

July  14,  1867. 

P. 

160 

Miss  Clara  Bennett. 

July  14,  1867. 

P. 

161 

Miss  Frances  A.  Hickok. 

Nov.  3,  1867. 

P. 

162 

Charles  F.  Dike. 

Jan.  5,  1868. 

P. 

163 

Mrs.  Lydia  L.  Nash. 

Jan.  3,  1869. 

P. 

164 

Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Dike. 

Jan.  3,  1869. 

L. 

165 

Mrs.  Frances  H.  Dike. 

Jan.  3,  1869. 

L. 

166 

Rev.  Robert  Hay. 

June  25,  1869. 

L. 

167 

Mrs.  Ann  Juliet  Hay. 

June  25,  1869. 

L. 

168 

Miss  Louise  Stenden. 

June  25,  1869. 

L. 

169 

Mrs.  Ruth  R.  Thomas. 

Oct,  29.  1869. 

/ 

L. 

170 

Hubbard  Pendleton. 

Oct.  29,  1869. 

P. 

171 

Miss  M.  E.  Bradley. 

Jan.  1,  1870.- 

L. 

172 

Mrs.  Julia  Robinson. 

Jan.  1,  1870. 

L. 

173 

Mrs.  Mary  M.  Dike. 

^ 

Jan.  1.  1870. 

P. 

174 

Frank  Jenkins. 

Mar.  5,  1870. 

P. 

175 

Mrs.  F.  Jenkins. 

Mar.  5,  1870. 

P. 

176 

Miss  Mary  Ann  Robinson 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

L. 

177 

Eleazer  L.  Pomeroy. 

Apt'.  30,  1870. 

L. 

178 

Mrs.  Mary  F.  Pomeroy. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

L. 

17!) 

Josiah  Dwight. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

L. 

180 

Mrs.  A.  L.  Dwight. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

L. 

181 

Miss  Julia  Dwight. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

L 

182 

Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Crosby. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

P. 

183 

Miss  Nellie  Crosby. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

P. 

1*4 

Miss  Agnes  Bennett. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

P. 

Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church  37 


185 

Miss  Mary  Sanford. 

July  2,  1870. 

P. 

186 

Miss  Mary  B.  Jenkins. 

July  2,  1870. 

P. 

187 

Preston  Hickok. 

July  1,  1871. 

188 

Benjamin  R.  Hickok. 

July  1,  1871. 

189 

Mrs.  Alevia  Hickok. 

—  —  

July  1,  1871. 

190 

Jav  L.  Conover,  Jr. 

Mar.  1,  1872. 

P. 

191 

Mrs.  Jennie  Reed. 

Mar.  1,  1872. 

P. 

192 

Miss  Effie  G.  Nelson. 

Mar.  1,  1872. 

P. 

193 

Alexander  McGregor. 

May  4,  1872. 

P. 

194 

Mrs.  Margaret  McGregor. 

May  4,  1872. 

P. 

195 

Benjamin  Carpenter. 

July  13,  1872. 

L. 

196 

Mrs.  Abigail  Carpenter. 

July  13,  1872. 

L. 

197 

Miss  Charlotte  M.  Carpenter. 

July  13,  1872. 

L. 

198 

Rev.  Edwin  N.  Andrews. 

Sep.  1,  1872. 

L. 

199 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Andrews. 

• 

Nov.  3,  1872. 

L. 

200 

Miss  Fannie  M.  Benton. 

Nov.  3,  1872. 

P. 

201 

Mrs.  Sarah  Clow. 

Mar.  2,  1873. 

P. 

*  ^ 

202 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Dunn. 

May  4,  1873. 

L. 

203 

Mrs.  Sarah  Goff. 

May  4,  1873. 

L. 

204 

Mrs.  Esther  A.  Bridges. 

Sep.  7,  1873. 

L. 

205 

Miss  Sophia  Albright. 

Mar.  1.  1874. 

/ 

P. 

206 

Merwin  F.  Pomeroy. 

Apr.  5,  1874. 

P. 

207 

William  D.  Gates. 

Apr.  5,  1874. 

P. 

208 

Miss  Mary  Gates. 

Apr.  5,  1874. 

P. 

38 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


209  Charles  L.  Shepard. 

210  Mrs.  Harriet  I.  Shepard. 

211  Miss  Emma  F.  Salisbury. 


212  Mrs.  Martha  J.  Wallace. 


215 

216 
217 


218 

219 

220 
221 
222 

223 

224 

225 

226 
227 


228 

229 

230 

231 

232 

233 

234 

235 


213  Mrs.  Margaret  Miller. 


214  Mrs.  Eliza  J.  Keves. 


Miss  Laura  E.  Fitch. 

Miss  Mary  Virginia  Hickok, 
Mrs.  Susan  N.  Warner. 


Charles  B.  White. 

Mrs.  Maria  L.  White. 
Harrison  H.  Ford. 

N.  Abbott  Keyes. 

William  Miller. 

Miss  Florence  Adele  DeMunn. 
Silas  Benton. 

Joseph  A.  Benton. 

Frederick  Frisbie. 

Glenn  Frisbie. 


Silas  S.  Rollins. 

Mrs.  Sarah  F.  Rollins. 
Mrs.  Sarah  O.  Hay. 

Miss  Sarah  Louise  Crow. 
Miss  Fannie  G.  Crow. 
Miss  Anna  M.  Crosby. 
Miss  Mary  Florence  Dole. 
Harrison  S.  Rollins. 


236  Miss  Marian  Clow 


May  3,  1874. 

L. 

May  3,  1874. 

L. 

May  3,  1874. 

P. 

Jan.  3,  1875. 

P. 

Mar.  6.  1875. 

P. 

Sep.  4,  1875. 

L. 

Jan.  2,  1876. 

P. 

Jan.  2,  1876. 

P. 

Jan.  2,  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

P. 

Mar/ 5,  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

•P. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5.  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5.  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

P. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

P. 

May  7,  1876. 

L. 

May  7,  1876. 

L. 

May  7,  1876. 

L. 

Mav  7.  1876. 

«/  * 

P. 

May  7,  1876. 

P. 

May  7,  1876. 

P. 

May  7,  1876. 

P. 

May  7,  1876. 

P. 

July  2.  1876. 

%/ 

P. 

Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


39 


237 

Mark  A.  Foote. 

Sep.  3,  1876. 

L. 

238 

Mrs.  Lizzie  Geer. 

Nov.  6,  1876. 

L. 

-  •  ^ — 

— 

239 

Mrs.  Helen  A.  Kellogg. 

- 

May  6,  1877. 

L. 

-4>  -  +» 

240 

.Mrs.  Mary  J.  Walkup. 

July  1,  1877. 

L. 

241 

Miss  Eva  M.  Walkup. 

July  1,  1877. 

L. 

242 

Miss  Ada  Wallace. 

July  1,  1877. 

P. 

243 

Miss  Carrie  P.  Wallace. 

July  1,  1877. 

P. 

244 

Aaron  Notestein. 

Jul  v  1,  1877. 

L. 

•4  •-» - 

245 

Miss  Elsie  A.  Hibbard. 

Sep.  2,  1877. 

P. 

— 

246 

Charles  L.  Teckler. 

Jan.  4,  1880. 

P. 

- 

247 

Dr.  Lorenzo  D.  Lowell. 

May  8,  1881. 

P. 

248 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Lowell. 

May  8.  1881. 

P. 

249 

Mrs.  Hannah  Miller. 

May  8,  1881. 

P. 

250 

Mrs.  Ada  Conover. 

May  8,  1881. 

P. 

251 

Miss  Jennie  Knox. 

May  8,  1881. 

P. 

252 

William  Knox. 

May  8,  1881. 

P. 

253 

Kev.  Reuben  B.  Wright. 

May  8,  1881. 

L. 

254 

Mrs.  Alice  Wright. 

May  8,  1881. 

L. 

255 

Mrs.  Katie  Ingersoll. 

May  7,  1882. 

L. 

256 

Mrs.  Helen  Johnson. 

Jan.  7,  1883. 

P. 

257 

Rev.  A.  E.  Allaben- 

July  15,  1883. 

L. 

258 

Mrs.  Sarah  Allaben. 

July  15,  1883. 

L. 

259 

Frank  Allaben. 

July  15,  1883. 

L. 

260 

Wilson  Allaben. 

•July  15,  1883. 

L. 

Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


40 


261 

Edwin  Allaben. 

Jan.  6,  1884. 

L. 

262 

Frank  W.  Miller. 

Jan.  6,  1884. 

L. 

263 

Miss  Jennie  Torrence. 

Mar.  2,  1884. 

P. 

264 

Miss  Angie  Allaben. 

Mar.  2,  1884. 

P. 

265 

Mrs.  Louise  Brown. 

Feb.  29,  1885. 

L. 

266 

Miss  Jennie  Ashton. 

Feb.  29,  1885. 

L. 

267 

Rev.  Henrv  Willard. 

t j 

Feb.  29,  1885. 

L. 

268 

Mrs.  Jennie  W.  Willard. 

Feb.  29,  1885. 

L. 

269 

Miss  Emma  Willard. 

Feb.  29,  1885. 

L. 

270 

Miss  Sarah  P.  Ashton. 

Feb.  29,  1885. 

P. 

271 

Mrs.  Sarah  Wingate. 

May  3,  1885. 

L. 

272 

Miss  Fannie  E.  Gibbs. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

273 

Miss  Lyra  E.  Dike.  . 

May,  9,  1886. 

P. 

274 

Miss  Mattie  Ingersoll. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

275 

Miss  Louise  Morris. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

276 

Leroy  S.  Beck  ley. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

277 

Frank  Pomeroy. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

K, 

00 

Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Gibbs. 

Mav  9.  1886. 

P. 

279 

Rev.  James  R.  Kay. 

May  9,  1886. 

L. 

280 

Benjamin  M.  Ford. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

281 

Mrs.  Svlvia  D.  Gates. 

Nov.  7,  1886. 

L. 

282 

Miss  Carrie  A.  Dike. 

Nov.  7,  1886. 

P. 

283 

Miss  Grace  Mae  Dike. 

Nov.  7,  1886. 

P. 

284 

Miss  Louise  Pomeroy. 

Nov.  7,  1886. 

P. 

285 

Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Ford. 

Nov.  7,  1886. 

P. 

286 

Mrs.  Christina  Stewart. 

Sep.  4,  1887. 

L. 

287 

Rev.  Eugene  F.  Wright. 

Sep.  4.  1887. 

L. 

288 

Mrs.  E.  F.  Wright. 

Sep.  4,  1887. 

L. 

289 

Miss  Florence  A.  Sessions. 

Nov.  6,  1887. 

L. 

Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church  41 


290 

Mons  Peterson. 

Jan.  8,  1888. 

P. 

291 

Miss  Mary  Lizzie  Martin. 

 ^  ^  ^ 

July  8,  1888. 

P. 

292 

Hubbard  Pendleton. 

Nov.  4,  1888. 

P. 

293 

Mrs.  Jane  Mary  Dike. 

Mar.  3,  1889. 

P. 

294 

Miss  Christine  Oberg. 

^  ^  

Mar.  3,  1889. 

P. 

295 

Thomas  H.  Rowlands. 

Mav  5,  1889. 

L. 

296 

Stephen  Burton  Ford. 

July  7,  1889. 

P. 

297 

George  Hammond  Dike. 

July  7,  1889. 

P. 

298 

Miss  Elizabeth  W.  Dike. 

July  7,  1889. 

P. 

299 

Miss  Zora  C.  Morris. 

Sep.  1,  1889. 

L. 

300 

Miss  Mary  E.  Helligas. 

Sep.  1,  1889. 

P. 

301 

Mrs.  Martha  Allen. 

Nov.  3,  1889. 

P. 

302 

Harrv  P.  Wilbur. 

t j 

Nov.  3,  1889. 

P. 

303 

- 4  - 

Rev.  Otho  M.  Van  Swearingen. 

Nov.  2,  1890. 

L. 

304 

Mrs.  Mattie  A.  Van  Swearingen. 

Nov.  2,  1890. 

L. 

305 

Miss  Bertha  Van  Swearingen. 

Nov.  2,  1890. 

L. 

306 

Miss  Elsie  Van  Swearingen. 

Nov.  2,  1890. 

L. 

307 

Charles  E.  Nash. 

Feb.  1,  1891. 

P. 

308 

Clarence  Hill. 

Feb.  1,  1891. 

P. 

309 

Miss  Etta  Hibbard. 

Feb.  1,  1891. 

P. 

310 

Gardner  R.  Ford. 

Feb.  1,  1891. 

P. 

42 

Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 

311 

James  B.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

312 

Mrs.  Lucia  D.  Ford. 

Mar.  1.  1891. 

P. 

313 

Miss  Charlotte  A.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

314 

Miss  Mary  P.  Dike. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

315 

Miss  Edith  L.  Dike. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

316 

Miss  Maude  E.  Conover. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

317 

Miss  Gertrude  M.  Geer. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

318 

Miss  Josephine  Oberg. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

319 

Miss  Addie  J.  Miller. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

320 

Miss  Mabel  G.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

321 

Harry  R.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

322 

George  E.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

323 

Paul  H.  Dike. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

324 

Mrs.  Maria  R.  Hale. 

May  3,  1891. 

L. 

325 

- »  » — 

Benjamin  M.  Ford. 

Jan.  3,  1892. 

L. 

326 

Rev.  Winfield  R.  Gaylord. 

Mar.  3,  1894. 

L. 

327 

Mrs.  Olive  S.  Gaylord. 

Mar.  4,  1894. 

L. 

328 

Miss  Nettie  M.  Lewis. 

Mar.  4,  1894. 

P. 

329 

George  H.  Miller. 

Mar.  4,  1894. 

P. 

330 

- »  ■»» — 

Miss  Mary  E.  King. 

Julv  7,  1895. 

L. 

331 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Enlow. 

Julv  5,  1896. 

L. 

332 

- » 

Mrs.  Susan  M.  Enlow. 

Sep.  6,  1896. 

L. 

- - — 

333 

Lyman  Harrison. 

July  5,  1896. 

L. 

334 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harrison. 

July  5,  1896. 

L. 

- — 

335 

Miss  Rose  E.  Miller. 

Oct.  4,  1896. 

L. 

336 

- ^  » - 

Dr.  John  R.  Burr. 

Jan.  2,  1898. 

L. 

337 

Mrs.  Clara  B.  Burr. 

Jan.  2,  1898. 

L. 

43 


4  Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


338  Miss  Bessie  England. 

339  Miss  Blanche  England. 


•340  Miss  Alice  Teckler. 


341  Alfred  G.  Goldsmith. 

342  Mrs.  Ada  F.  Goldsmith. 

343  Frank  R.  Goldsmith. 


344  Rev.  J.  Vincent  Willis. 

345  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Willis. 

- -S— * 

346  Mrs.  Dora  Ford. 


July  3,  1898. 
July  3,  1898. 


Sep.  4,  1898.  P. 

Mar.  5,  1899.  L. 

Mar.  5,  1899.  L. 

Mar.  5,  1899.  L. 

Nov.  5,  1899.  L. 

Nov.  5,  1899.  L. 

Jan.  7,  1900.  L. 


0.  CL, 


Alphabetical 

and  family  list  of  church  members  from  Jan.  10,  1842,  to  1900. 

- • - 

A 

44  Henry  D.  Adams.  Received  Jan.  10,  1849.  'Letter. 

Dismissed  Sep.  29,  1849. 


45  Mrs.  Priscilla  Adams.  Jan.  10,  1849.  L. 

Dis.  Sep.  29,  1849. 


57  James  S.  Arnet.  June  4,  1854.  L. 

From  Fitch ville,  Huron  Co.,  Ohio. 

Dis.  Feb.  28,  1862.  General  letter. 

- -  <>► - 

198  Rev.  Edwin  N.  Andrews.  Sep.  1,  1872.  L. 

Dis.  Sep.  4,  1875,  to  St.  Charles,  Ill. 


199  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Andrews.  Nov.  3,  1872.  L. 

Dis.  Sep.  4,  1875,  to  St.  Charles,  Ill. 


205  Miss  Sophia  Allbright.  Mar.  1,  1874.  Prof. 

Deceased. 

257  Rev.  A.  E.  Allaben.  July  15,  1883.  L. 

From  Plainfield,  Ill. 

Dis.  Feb.  15,  1885,  to  Payson,  Ill. 

258  Mrs.  Sarah  Allaben.  July  15,  1883.  L. 

From  Plainfield,  Ill. 

Dis.  Feb.  15,  1885,  to  Payson,  Ill. 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


45 


259  Prank  Allaben. 

Prom  Plainfield,  Ill. 

Dis.  Feb.  15,  1885,  to  Payson,  Ill. 

July  15,  1883.  L. 

260  Wilson  Allaben. 

Prom  Plainfield,  Ill. 

Dis.  Peb.  15,  1885,  to  Payson,  Ill. 

July  15,  1883.  L. 

261  Edwin  Allaben. 

Prom  Oberlin,  Ohio. 

Jan.  5,  1884.  L. 

Dis.  Oet.  31,  1885.  General  letter. 

Married  Miss  Jennie  Torrence,  July  6,  1887. 


264  Miss  Angie  Allaben. 

Dis.  Feb.  15,  1885,  to  Payson,  Ill. 

Mar.  2,  1884.  P. 

- - 

266  Miss  Jennie  Ashton. 

Prom  Ogden,  Utah. 

Feb.  29,  1885.  L. 

270  Miss  Sarah  P.  Ashton. 

Married  Seth  H.  Nash,  Oct.  19,  1899. 

Feb.  29,  1885.  P. 

301  Mrs.  Martha  Allen. 

Deceased  July  17,  1897.  Age  85  yrs. 

Nov.  3,  1889.  P. 

B 

6  Allen  Baldwin. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  P. 

7  Mrs.  Julia  Baldwin. 

No  record  when  they  were  dismissed. 

Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

46 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


52  Allen  Baldwin.  Apr.  3}  1852.  L. 

Dis.  Feb.  28,  1868.  General  letter. 


53  Mrs.  Julia  Baldwin.  Apr.  3,  1852.  L. 

Dis.  Feb.  28,  1868.  General  letter. 


25  Stephen  Bradley.  Aug.  IT,  1844.  L. 

From  Church ville,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Dismissed,  but  no  date  given. 


26  Miss  Betsy  Bradley.  Aug.  17,  1844.  P. 

Dismissed,  but  no  date  given. 


27  Mrs.  A.  Baker.  Nov.  9,  1844.  L. 

Wife  of  Rev.  Spencer  Baker,  from  Dundee,  Ill. 

Dis.  Oct.  19.  1845.  General  letter. 


28  Miss  Rhodelia  Baker.  Nov.  9,  1844.  L. 

From  Dundee,  Ill. 

Dis.  Oct.  19,  1845.  General  letter. 


36  Isaac  Brainard.  June  1,  1845.  L. 

From  Big  Woods,  DuPage  Co.,  Ill. 

Dropped,  but  no  date  given. 


37  Mrs.  Arvilla  Brainard.  June  1,  1845.  L. 

From  Big  Woods,  DuPage  Co.,  Ill. 

Dropped  Mar.  28.  1856. 

42  Chester  Bennett.  Mar.  27,  1847.  L. 

From  Portage,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Sept.  18,  1859.  General  letter. 


43  Mrs.  Orah  Bennett.  Mar.  27,  1847.  L. 

From  Portage,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Sep.  18,  1859.  General  letter. 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


47 


50  Harvey  Bunker.  Mar.  27,  1852. 

Deceased  July  22,  1854. 

Mrs.  Clarissa  Bunker.  Mar.  27,  1852. 

Dis.  June  20,  1861,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Ridgefield,  Ill. 
Deceased  Sep.  9,  1891. 

Miss  Betsy  Bradley.  Feb.  12,  1854. 

From  Homer,  Mich. 

Dis.  Dec.  25,  1857.  General  letter. 


56  Miss  Mary  L.  Bennett. 

Dis.  as  Mrs.  Mary  Hall,  Sep.  25,  1859. 


65  Richard  Bushnell.  Oct.  5,  1856. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Dundee,  Ill. 

Deceased  Dec.  23,  1880.  Age  72  yrs. 


Feb.  12,  1854. 
General  letter. 


51 


55 


L. 

L. 


L. 


P. 

L. 


66  Mrs.  Actaline  Bushnell.  Oct.  5,  1856.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Dundee,  Ill. 

Deceased  Aug.  9,  1881.  Age  59  yrs. 

- -4-  -  ♦ - 

67  Miss  Armenia  Bowen.  Oct.  5,  1856.  P. 

Dis.  July  5,  1857.  General  letter. 

— «+►  ->  ■+► — 

70  Stephen  Burton.  Apr.  23,  1857.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Blandford,  Mass. 

Dis.  Aug.  28,  1868,  to  Springfield,  Mo. 

Died  at  Geneva,  Neb.,  Dec.  22,  1889.  Age  76  yrs. 


71  Mrs.  Charlotte  J.  Burton.  Apr.  23,  1857.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Blandford,  Mass. 

Deceased  Feb.  24,  1868.  Age  55  yrs. 


72  Miss  Catharine  A.  Burton.  Apr.  23,  1857.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Blandford,  Mass. 

Married  Henry  F.  Gibbs,  Feb.  10,  1859. 

Deceased  Sep.  2,  1859.  Age  21  yrs. 


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Miss  Mary  E.  Burton.  See  Mrs.  Myron  A.  Smith,  No.  101. 


102  Miss  Margaret  J.  Burton.  Dec.  1,  1861.  P. 

Married  Alfred  P.  Harwood,  Nov.  23,  1864. 

Dis.  Aug.  28,  1868,  to  Springfield,  Mo. 


146  Charles  J.  Burton.  Feb.  3,  1867.  P. 

Dis.  Aug.  28,  1868,  to  Springfield,  Mo. 


0  Miss  Lucia  D.  Burton.  See  Mrs.  George  Ford,  No.  312. 

- - 

111  Mrs.  Hannah  Buck.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Deceased  Jan.  23,  1868.  Age  65  yrs. 


81  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Buck.  July  2,  1858.  P. 

Married  L.  Prentice  Smith,  Nov.  18,  1870. 


108  Miss  Martha  J.  Buck.  June  8,  1862.  •  P. 

Married  Rev.  James  H.  Harwood,  Oct.  5,  1863. 

Dis.  Nov.  10,  1867,  to  Chicago,  Ill. 


112  Miss  Adaline  Buck.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Dis.  Apr.  2,  1870,  to  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Returned  (no  date  given.)  Dis.  Mar.  23,  1873,  to  Pontiac,  Ill. 
Deceased  Sep.  25,  1873.  Age  38 -yrs. 


(•)  Miss  Julia  Buck.  See  Perkins,  No.  113. 


84  Dr.  Edwin  A.  Beers.  May  1,  1859.  P. 

Dis.  May  2,  1862,  to  Ringwood,  Ill. 

Died  at  McHenry,  Ill.,  Nov.  26,  1879. 

Q  Mrs.  Esther  Beers.  See  Pond,  No.  48. 

Dis.  May  2,  1862,  to  Ringwood,  Ill. 


85  Thomas  F.  Buck.  Mav  1.  1859.  P. 

4/  / 

Dis.  Dec.  30,  1859.  General  letter. 


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86  Mrs.  Hester  L.  Buck.  May  1,  1859.  P. 

Dis.  Dec.  30,  1859.  General  letter. 

107  Robert  G.  Benton.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Suspended  Feb.  10,  1877.  Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 


93  Mrs.  Lydia  Ann  Benton.  Jan.  6,  1861.  L. 

Dis.  Nov.  2,  1882,  to  Oakland,  Cal. 


200  Miss  Fannie  M.  Benton.  Nov.  3,  1872.  P. 

Married  Jesse  A.  Baldwin,  Jan.  29,  1879. 

Dis.  Nov.  11,  1883.  General  letter. 


224  Silas  Benton.  Mar.  5,  1876.  P. 

Deceased  Mar.  27,  1877.  Age  14  yrs. 


225  Joseph  A.  Benton.  Mar.  5,  1876.  P. 

Dis.  Jan.  5,  1884,  to  Oakland,  Cal. 


115  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Beers.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Dis.  Mar.  9,  1866,  to  Homer,  LaSalle  Co.,  Ill. 


116  Mrs.  Louise  Brown. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  July  30,  1869,  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


265  Mrs.  Louise  Brown. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Deceased  Feb.  2,  1898.  Age  87  yrs. 


142  Calvin  Bushnell. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Westbrook,  Conn. 
Dis.  Apr.  2,  1870,  to  Cherokee,  Iowa. 


June  8,  1862. 


Feb.  29,  1885. 


Nov.  4,  1866. 


143  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Bushnell.  Nov.  4,  1866. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Westbrook,  Conn. 

Dis.  Apr.  2,  1870,  to  Cherokee,  Iowa. 

Died  at  Aurelia,  Iowa,  Nov.  20,  1896. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


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144 

Henrv  Bushnell. 

•/ 

Dis.  Apr.  2,  1870.  to  Cherokee,  Iowa. 

Feb.  3,  1867. 

P. 

* 

147 

James  Burton. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Albany-,  N.  Y. 

• 

Dis.  June  1,  1878,  to  Woodstock.  Ill. 
Died  at  Albany.  X.  Y.,  Mar.  26,  1885. 

Age  73  yrs. 

148 

Mrs.  Margaret  Burton. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Albany,  X.  Y. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

Died  at  Crystal  Lake,  Ill.,  Aug.  18.  187 

0. 

149 

Miss  Emma  S.  Burton. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Albany,  X.  Y. 
Married  Dr.  Charles  W.  Hayes,  July  2 
Died  at  Albany,  X.  Y.,  Dec.  12,  1885. 

7,  1875. 

/ 

150 

Miss  Margaret  H.  Burton. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Albany,  X.  Y. 

• 

Married  William  H.  Dwight,  Apr.  10, 
Dis.  May  2.  1874,  to  Woodstock,  Ill. 

1872. 

171 

Miss  M.  E.  Bradley. 

Jan.  1,  1870. 

L. 

Dis.  Mar.  1,  1872.  General  letter. 

• 

160 

Miss  Clara  Bennett. 

July  14,  1867. 

P. 

Dis.  Xov.  5,  1870,  to  Xorth  Topeka,  Kansas. 

184 

Miss  Agnes  Bennett. 

Apr.  30,  1870. 

P. 

Dis.  Apr.  18,  1872.  to  Xorth  Topeka,  Kansas. 

204 

Mrs.  Esther  A.  Bridges. 

Sep.  7,  1873. 

L. 

From  South  Haven,  Mich. 

Dis.  Jan.  1,  1876,  to  South  Haven,  Mich. 


157  Sherwood  S.  Ball.  Apr.  28,  1867. 

Dis.  Jan.  6,  1872,  to  Fort  Atkinson,  Wis.  • 


P. 


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276  Leroy  S.  Beckley.  May  9,  1886.  P. 

Married  Miss  Anna  Lora  Schromyer,  Dec.  5,  1894. 


336  Dr.  John  R.  Burr.  Jan.  2,  1898.  L. 

From  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


337  Mrs.  Clara  B.  Burr.  Jan.  2.  1898.  L. 

From  Western  Ave.  Bap.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


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73  Zebulon  Carey.  Apr.  23,  1857.  L. 

From  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Dis.  Oct.  1,  1857.  General  letter. 

74  Mrs.  Asanette  Carev. 

«s 

From  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Dis.  Oct.  1,  1857.  General  letter. 


96  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Crow. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

231  Miss  Sarah  Louise  Crow.  May  7,  1876.  P. 

232  Miss  Fannie  G.  Crow.  May  7,  1876.  P. 

125  Miss  Sarah  M.  Corbin.  May  3,  1863.  L. 

From  Paris  Hill,  N.  Y. 

Died  while  a  missionary  among  the  Freedmen. 


182  Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Crosby.  Apr.  30,  1870.  P. 

Dis.  Oct.  5,  1878,  to  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


Apr.  23,  1857.  L. 


Dec.  1,  1861.  L. 


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183  Miss  Nellie  Crosby.  Apr.  30,  1870.  P. 


233  Miss  Anna  Maria  Crosby.  May  7,  1876.  P. 

Dis.  Oct.  5,  1878,  to  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

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201  Mrs.  Sarah  Clow.  Mar.  2,  1873.  P. 

Deceased  Apr.  28,  1876. 

236  Miss  Marian  Clow.  July  2,  1876.  P. 

Deceased  Feb.  23,  1878. 

(T)  Mrs.  Lyra  E.  Clow.  See  Dike,  No.  273. 

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190  Jay  L.  Conover,  Jr.  Mar.  1,  1872.  P. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892. 

250  Mrs.  Ada  Conover.  May  8,  1881.  P. 

Dis.  Apr.  4,  1887,  to  Bap.  Ch.,  Crystal  Lake,  Ill. 

316  Miss  Maude  E.  Conover.  ^  Mar.  1,  1891.  P. 

Dropped  Dec.  30,  1893. 

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195  Benjamin  Carpenter.  July  13,  1872.  L. 

From  New  England  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Deceased  Apr.  9,  1881. 

196  Mrs.  Abigail  Carpenter.  July  13,  1872.  L. 

From  New  England  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Deceased  Nov.  15,  1883. 

197  Miss  Charlotte  M.  Carpenter.  July  13,  1872.  L. 

From  New  England  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Deceased  May  6,  1874. 


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5  George  W.  Dike...  Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Dis.  May  31,  1867,  to  F.  M.  Ch.,  Crystal  Lake,  Ill. 

Deceased  Feb.  23,  1894.  Age  82  years. 


11  •  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dike.  Mar.  20,  1843.  L. 

Deceased  Dec*.  21,  1866.  Age  57  years. 


105  William  W.  Dike.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Dis.  Mar.  29,  1868,  to  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Returned.  No  record  of  uniting. 

Married  Miss  Mary  M.  Merritt,  Oct.  20,  1869. 


173  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Dike.  Jan.  1,  1870.  P. 


273  Mrs.  Lyra  E.  Dike.  May  9,  1886.  P. 

Married  Fred  Clow,  Dec.  12,  1893. 

Dis.  Mar.  31,  1894,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Highland  Park,  III. 


323  Paul  H.  Dike.  Mar.  1,  1891.  P. 

Dis.  Jan.  5,  1897,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Highland  Park,  Ill. 


162 

Charles  F.  Dike. 

Jan.  5,  1868. 

P. 

Married  Miss  Frances  Hammond,  Jan.  21,  1868. 

165 

Mrs.  Frances  H.  Dike. 

Jan.  3,  1869. 

L. 

297 

George  Hammond  Dike. 

July  7,  1889. 

P. 

298 

Miss  Elizabeth  W.  Dike. 

July  7,  1889. 

P. 

Dis.  Dec.  2,  1895,  to  Pilgrim 

Cong.  Ch.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

314 

Miss  Mary  P.  Dike. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

Dis.  Nov.  3,  1897,  to  Pilgrim 

Cong.  Ch.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

315 

Miss  Edith  L.  Dike. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

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14 

Ephraim  S.  Durfee. 

Apr.  16,  1843. 

P. 

Dis.  Jan.  31,  1846.  General 

letter. 

15 

Mrs.  Lucy  Durfee. 

Apr.  16,  1843. 

P. 

Dis.  Jan.  31,  1846.  General 

letter. 

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54 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  P.  Downs. 

Feb.  12,  1854. 

L. 

(Wife  of  Rev.  John  V.  Downs.) 
Prom  Cong.  Ch.,  Richmond,  Ill. 
Dismissed.  No.  record  of  date. 


79  Mrs.  Caroline  Douglass.  Julv  2,  1858.  L. 

From  First  Pres.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Dis.  June  26,  1864,  to  Edwards  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


164  Mrs.  Eliza  A.  Dike.  Jan.  3,  1869.  L. 

From  Con.  Ch.,  Crown  Point,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Dec.  16,  1877,  to  Grinnell,  Iowa. 

- -4.  -  +. - — 

179  Josiah  Dwight.  Apr.  30,  1870.  L. 

From  Woodstock,  111. 

Dis.  June  12,  1875,  to  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Died  at  Wyoming,  Ohio,  Dec.  30,  1878. 

180  Mrs.  Amanda  L.  Dwight.  Apr.  30,  1870.  L. 

From  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Dis.  June  12,  1875,  to  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Died  at  Berkshire,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  29,  1894. 

181  Miss  Julia  Dwight.  Apr.  30,  1870.  L. 

From  W7ood stock,  Ill. 

Dis.  June  12,  1875,  to  Woodstock,  Ill. 

(V)  Mrs.  Margaret  H.  Dwight.  See  Burton,  No.  150. 


202  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Dunn.  May  4,  1873.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  East  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Deceased  Nov.  21,  1876.  Age  74  years. 


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223 

234 


293 

282 

283 


91 


100 


331 


332 


0 

338 

339 


90 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


Miss  Florence  Adele  DeMunn.  Mar.  5,  1876.  P. 

Dis.  as  Mrs.  F.  O.  Parsons,  Jan.  16,  1878,  to  Macon  City,  Mo. 

- - 


Miss  Mary  Florence  Dole.  May  7,  1876. 

Dis.  Aug.  20,  1878,  to  Episcopal  Ch.,  Algonquin,  Ill. 
Married  Albert  C.  Stowell,  Sep.  23,  1883. 


Mrs.  Jane  Mary  Dike. 
Miss  Carrie  A.  Dike. 
Miss  Grace  Mae  Dike, 


Mar.  3,  1889. 
Nov.  7,  1886. 
Nov.  7,  1886. 


P. 


P. 

P. 

P. 


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E 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Esplin.  Jan.  1,  1860.  L. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Vienna,  Ill. 

Deceased  June  16,  1880. 


Mrs.  Eliza  H.  Ellsworth.  Dec.  1,  1861.  P. 

Deceased  Feb.  28,  1873.  Age  68  years. 


Rev.  Charles  E.  Enlow.  July  5,  1896.  L. 

From  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  Kingfisher,  Oklahoma. 

Mrs.  Susan  M.  Enlow.  Sep.  6,  1896.  L. 

From  Union  Cong.  Ch.,  Kingfisher,  Oklahoma. 


Mrs.  Virginia  England.  See  Hickock,  No.  216. 

Miss  Bessie  England.  July  3,  1898.  P. 

Miss  Blanche  England.  July  3,  1898.  P. 

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F 

Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Flaglor.  July  3,  1859.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Marlboro,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  as  Mrs.  Gay,  Feb.  8,  1874,  to  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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114  Thomas  Ford.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Deceased  Mar.  3,  1872.  Age  51  years. 


20  Mrs.  Jane  P.  Foster.  July  22,  1843.  L. 

From  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Feb.  10.  1850,  to  South  Haven,  Mich. 


87  Samuel  Foster.  May  1,  1859.  L. 

From  South  Haven,  Mich. 

Deceased  Feb.  28,  1891.  Age  81  years. 


88  Mrs.  Jane  P.  Foster.  May  1,  1859.  L. 

From  South  Haven,  Mich. 

Deceased  Mar.  5,  1890.  Age  80  years. 


64  Mrs.  Harriet  Fuller.  June  1,  1856.  L. 

(Wife  of  Rev.  Francis  L.  Fuller.) 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Otsego,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  May  2,  1862,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 


131  Charles  E.  Frisbie.  Mar.  11,  1866.  L. 

From  Brovvnhelm,  Ohio. 

Dis.  Mar.  2,  1878,  to  Chicago,  III. 


132  Mrs.  Eliza  Frisbie.  Mar.  11,  1866.  L. 

From  Brownhelm,  Ohio. 

Dis.  Mar.  2,  1878,  to  Chicago,  Ill. 


226  Frederick  Frisbie.  Mar.  5,  1876.  P. 

Dis.  Mar.  2,  1878,  to  Chicago,  Ill. 


227  Glenn  Frisbie.  '  Mar.  5,  1876.  P. 

Dis.  Mar.  2,  1878,  to  Chicago,  Ill. 


237  Mark  A.  Foote.  Sep.  3,  1876.  L. 

From  North  Fairfield,  Ohio. 

Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 


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135 

George  W.  Fletcher. 

Dropped.  No  record  of  date. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

P. 

136 

Mrs.  Sarah  Jane  Fletcher. 

Dropped.  No  record  of  date. 

Mar.  11,  1866. 

P. 

153 

Miss  Clara  Fletcher. 

Apr.  28,  1867. 

P. 

Married  William  Olmstead,  Dec.  17, 

1868. 

Dis.  Apr.  30,  1869,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Ridgefield,  Ill. 

215 

- - 

Miss  Laura  E.  Fitch. 

Jan.  2,  1876. 

P. 

220 

Harrison  H.  Ford. 

Mar.  5,  1876. 

P. 

0 

Mrs.  Frances  A.  Ford.  See  Hickok, 

No.  161. 

280 

Benjamin  M.  Ford. 

Dis.  Oct.  5,  1889,  to  Beloit,  Wis. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

310 

Gardner  R.  Ford. 

Feb.  1.  1891. 

P. 

320 

Miss  Mabel  G.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

Married  Charles  L.  Grogan,  Sep.  15, 

1897. 

321 

Harrison  R.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

322 

George  E.  Ford. 

Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

325 

Benjamin  M.  Ford. 

Jan.  3,  1892. 

L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Beloit,  Wis. 

Married  Miss  Estella  Darling,  Sep.  19,  1894. 
Dis.  Sep.  4,  1897,  to  6th  Pres.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


312 

Mrs.  Lucia  D.  Ford. 

Mar.  1, 

1891. 

P. 

296 

Stephen  Burton  Ford. 

July  7, 

1889. 

P. 

Dis.  Jan.  7,  1892,  to  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Married  Miss  Carrie  A.  Clark,  Sept.  11,  1897. 


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313  Miss  Charlotte  A.  Ford.  Mar.  1,  1891.  P. 

Married  Robert  E.  Moore.  Mar.  8,  1899. 

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285  Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Ford.  Nov.  7,  1886.  P. 

- -4-  ♦  +- - - 

311  James  B.  Ford.  Mar.  1,  1891.  P. 

Married  Miss  Jennie  Smith,  Oct.  17,  1893. 

- » - 

346  Mrs.  Dora  Ford.  Jan.  7,  1900.  L. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Nunda,«Ill. 


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98  Simon  S.  Gates.  Dec.  1,  1861.  L. 

From  Calvinist  Ch.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Deceased  June  24,  1876.  Age  77  years. 

99  Mrs.  Sylvia  D.  Gates.  Dec.  1,  1861.  L. 

From  Calvinist  Ch.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Dis.  Nov.  2,  1882,  to  W7oodstock,  Ill. 

281  Mrs.  Sylvia  D.  Gates.  Nov.  7,  1886.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Deceased  Dec.  15,  1892.  Age  81  years. 

207  William  D.  Gates.  Apr.  5,  1874.  P. 

Married  Miss  Ida  Babcock,  Sep.  19,  1877. 

Dis.  Nov.  30.  1878.  to  Hinsdale,  Ill. 

208  Miss  Mary  Gates.  Apr.  5,  1874.  P. 

Married  George  W.  Oakley,  June  20,  1880. 

Dis.  Nov.  5,  1885.  to  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Madison,  Wis. 

- - 

104  Henry  F.  Gibbs.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Married  Miss  Ellen  M.  Taylor,  Apr.  6,  1865. 


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(T)  Mrs.  Catherine  A.  Gibbs.  See  Barton,  No.  72. 

278  Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Gibbs.  Mav  9,  1886. 

From  Bap.  Ch.,  Crystal  Lake,  Ill. 


272  Miss  Fannie  E.  Gibbs.  May  9,  1886.  P. 

Dis.  May  4,  1891,  to  Bap.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 

- -4»  ♦  - 

203  Mrs.  Sarah  Goff.  May  4,  1873.  L. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Ridgefield,  Ill. 

Deceased  Feb.  23,  1878. 

- +. - 

138  David  Genung.  Mar.  11,  1866.  P. 

Dropped  Feb.  1,  1879. 


139  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Genung. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 
Deceased  July  4,  1872. 


238  Mrs.  Lizzie  Geer. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Cross  Roads,  Penn. 


317  Miss  Gertrude  M.  Geer.  Mar.  1,  1891.  P. 

- - 

( V)  Mrs.  Mabel  G.  Grogan.  See  Ford,  No.  313. 

- - 

326  Rev.  Winfield  R.  Gaylord.  Mar  3,  1894.  L. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  St.  Cloud,  Minn. 

Dis.  Dec.  1,  1894,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 


327  Mrs.  Olive  S.  Gaylord.  Mar.  4,  1894.  L. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Hamline,  Minn. 

Dis.  Dec.  1,  1894.  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 


341  Alfred  G.  Goldsmith.  Mar.  5,  1899.  L. 

From  Woodlavvn  Pres.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


Mar.  11,  1866.  L. 


Nov.  6,  1876.  L. 


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342  Mrs.  Ada  F.  Goldsmith.  Mar.  5,  1899.  L. 

From  Wood  lawn  Pres.  Ch.,  Chicago.  Ill. 

343  Frank  R.  Goldsmith.  Mar.  5,  1899.  L. 

From  Woodlawn  Pres.  Ch.,  Chicago,  III. 

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16  John  Harder.  May  14,  1843.  P. 

Dis.  July  20,  1844.  ro  Cong.  Ch.,  Pleasant  Valley,  Ill. 


17  Miss  Catherine  Harder.  May  14,  1843.  P. 

Dis.  Feb.  17,  1844,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Pleasant  Valley,  Ill. 

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76  Mrs.  Mary  Hearson.  June  20,  1858.  P. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892. 

92  Thomas  Hart.  Jan.  1,  1860.  P. 

Dis.  Jan.  8,  1865.  General  letter. 

97  Miss  Mary  Libbie  Hart.  Dec.  1,  1861.  L. 

Dis.  Jan.  8,  1865.  General  letter. 


128  Alfred  Harwood.  Jan.  1,  1865.  L. 

From  Bennington,  Vt. 

Dis.  Aug.  28,  1868,  to  Springfield,  Mo. 

(T)  M  rs .  M  argaret  J.  Harwood.  See  Burton,  No.  102. 

129  Miss  Catherine  Harwood.  Jan.  1,  1865.  L. 

From  Bennington,  Vt. 

Dis.  Feb.  26,  1869,  to  Springfield,  Mo. 

(•)  Mrs.  Martha  J.  Harwood.  See  Buck,  No.  108. 


133  Edwin  R.  F.  Hart.  Mar.  11,  1866.  L. 

From  Genoa,  Wis. 

Dis.. Sep.  30,  1871,  to  Wheaton,  Ill. 


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134 


141 

245 


309 


145 

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1G6 


167 


187 

188 

189 


161 

216 


Mrs.  Margaret  E.  Hart.  Mar.  11,  1866.  P. 

Dis.  Sep.  30,  1871,  to  Wheaton,  Ill. 

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Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Hibbard.  July  1,  1866.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Carpentersville,  Ill. 


Miss  Elsie  A.  Hibbard.  Sep.  2,  1877.  P. 

Married  Charles  L.  Teckler,  Nov.  28,  1882. 


Miss  Etta  Hibbard.  Feb.  1,  1891.  P. 


Mrs.  Cordelia  Harper.  Feb.  3,  1867.  P. 

Dis.  Apr.  27,  1873,  to  N.  E.  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Died  in  Chicago,  Ill.,  Jan.  6,  1896.  Age  69  years. 


Rev.  Robert  Hav. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Pine  Grove,  Ontario, 
Dis.  No  date  on  record. 


Mrs.  Ann  Juliet  Hay. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Pine  Grove,  Ontario, 


Preston  Hickok. 

Deceased  Jan.  6,  1887.  Age  85  years. 


Benjamin  R.  Hickok. 

Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 

Mrs.  Alevia  Hickok. 

Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 

No.  187,  No.  188  and  No.  189  had  no  letters,  as  the  church  to 
which  they  belonged  was  extinct. 


Miss  Frances  A.  Hickok.  Nov.  3,  1867.  P. 

Married  Harrison  H.  Ford.  Oct.  7,  1869. 


Miss  Mary  Virginia  Hickok.  Jan.  2,  1876.  P. 

Married  Peter  A.  England,  Sep.  5,  1877. 


J une  25,  1869.  L. 

Canada. 

June  25,  1869.  L. 

Canada. 

Julv  1,  1871. 

July  1,  1871. 


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230  Mrs.  Sarah  O.  Hay.  May  7,  1876.  L. 

(Wife  of  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Hay.) 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Dis.  Jan.  6,  1883.  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 


300  Miss  Mary  E.  Helligas. 

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308  Clarence  Hill. 


324  Mrs.  Maria  R.  Hale.  May  3,  1891.  L. 

From  Clinton  Ave.  Cong.  Ch.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Deceased  Apr.  17,  1898.  Age  69  years. 


333  Lyman  Harrison.  July  5,  1896.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Armour,  South  Dakota. 


334  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Harrison.  July  5,  1896.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Armour,  South  Dakota. 


Sep.  1,  1889.  P. 

Feb.  1,  1891.  P. 


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255  Mrs.  Katie  Ingersoll.  May  7,  1882.  L. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Green  Bay,  Wis. 

Dis.  Nov.  17,  1888,  to  Oberlin,  Ohio. 


274  Miss  Mattie  Ingersoll.  May  9,  1886.  P. 

Dis.  Nov.  17,  1888,  to  Oberlin,  Ohio. 


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1  Reuben  Jenne.  Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Dis.  Apr.  13,  1844,  to  Elgin,  Ill. 


2  Mrs.  Susan  Jenne.  Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Dis.  Apr.  13,  1844.  to  Elgin,  Ill. 


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22  Mrs.  Malinda  Jackman.  May  25,  1844.  L. 

From  Alexander,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  July  10,  1850.  General  letter. 

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174  Frank  Jenkins.  Mar.  5,  1870.  P. 

Dis.  Nov.  1,  1873,  to  Burlingame,  Kansas. 


175  Mrs.  F.  Jenkins.  Mar.  5,  1870.  P. 

Dis.  Nov.  1,  1873,  to  Burlingame,  Kansas. 


186  Miss  Mary  B.  Jenkins.  July  2,  1870.  P. 

Dis.  Nov.  1,  1873,  to  Burlingame,  Kansas. 

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256  Mrs.  Helen  Johnson.  Jan.  7,  1883.  P. 

Dis.  May  8,  1886,  to  M.  E.  church,  Nunda,  Ill. 

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12  Solomon  Keves.  Mar.  20,  1843.  L. 

From  Pres.  Cb.,  Ridgefield,  Ill. 

Dis.  Feb.  17,  1844,  to  Cong.  (Jh.,  Pleasant  Valley,  Ill. 


13  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Keyes.  Mar.  20,  1843.  L. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Ridgefield,  Ill. 

Dis.  Feb.  17,  1844,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Pleasant  Valley,  Ill. 


33  Solomon  Keyes.  Apr.  9,  1845.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Pleasant  Valley,  Ill. 

Dis.  Apr.  15,  1856,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Returned,  date  not  recorded.  Deceased  Dec.  17,  1865. 


34  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Keyes.  Apr.  9,  1845.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Pleasant  Valley,  Ill. 

Dis.  Apr.  15,  1856,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Returned,  date  not  recorded.  Deceased  Dec.  25,  1883. 


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83  Edward  Keyes.  Nov.  5,  1858. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Princeton,  Ill. 

Excommunicated  May  29,  1863. 


221  N.  Abbott  Keyes.  Mar.  5,  1876. 

Married  Miss  Eliza  J.  Fink,  May  13,  1875. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892. 


214  Mrs.  Eliza  J.  Keyes.  Sep.  4,  1875. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Big  Foot,  Ill. 

Died  at  Alden,  Ill.,  Oct.  1.  1880. 


252  William  Knox.  May  8,  1881. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892. 


110  Mrs.  Almira  Knox.  June  8,  1862. 

Deceased  Aug.  30,  1876. 


251  Miss  Jennie  Knox.  May  8,  1881. 

Dis.  July  2,  1885.  to  Coffey ville,  Kansas. 


130  Mrs.  Ellen  Kendrew.  Mar.  5,  1865. 

Married  Edward  Kern,  Dec.  12,  1868. 

Dis.  Mar.  2,  1878,  to  Manchester,  Iowa. 


151  Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Kimball.  Apr.  28,  1867: 

From  Genoa,  Wisconsin. 

Dis.  Aug.  28,  1868,  to  Bap.  Ch.,  Crystal  Lake,  Ill 


154  Miss  Adaline  Kelsey.  Apr.  28,  1867. 

Dis.  Feb.  5,  1870,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Geneva,  Ohio. 

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239  Mrs.  Helen  A.  Kellogg.  May  6,  1877. 

From  Reformed  Ch.,  Norwood  Park,  Ill. 

Dis.  Jan.  2.  1886.  General  letter. 


L. 


P. 


L. 


P. 

P. 

P. 


P. 


L. 


P. 


L. 


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279  Rev.  James  R.  Kaye.  May  9,  1886.  L. 

From  Clinton  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Dis.  Nov.  6,  1887,  to  Chenoa,  Ill. 


330  Miss  Mary  E.  King.  July  7,  1895.  L. 

From  North  Ave.  M.  E.  Ch.,  Allegheny,  Penn. 

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58  Allen  Lamb.  Apr.  1,  1855.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Wayne,  DuPage  Co.,  Ill. 

Dis.  Apr.  30,  1869,  to - Iowa. 


59  Mrs.  Mary  Lamb.  Apr.  1,  1855.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Wayne,  Ill. 

Deceased  May  2,  1862.  Age  62  years. 


75  Mrs.  Sarah  Lye. 

Dropped  Oct.  6,  1877. 


119  Mrs.  Eliza  J.  Long. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Crystal  Lake,  Ill. 
Died -  1863. 


120 

Frank  Long. 

Aug.  3,  1862. 

P. 

Dropped.  No  date  given. 

• 

121 

Miss  Sarah  Long. 

Aug.  3,  1862. 

P. 

- 

Dropped.  No  date  given. 

122 

Miss  Diantha  Long. 

Dropped.  No  date  given. 

Aug.  3,  1862. 

P. 

124 

Mrs.  Emilv  O.  Loomis. 

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From  Bap.  Ch.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

May  3,  1863. 

L. 

Dis.  Sep.  18,  1864,  to  Vernon  Springs, 

Iowa. 

June  20,  1858.  P. 

Aug.  3,  1862.  L. 


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155  Miss  Lydia  G.  Lippencott.  Apr.  28,  1867.  P. 

Dis.  Jan.  1.  1870.  to  Richmond,  Indiana. 


247  Dr.  Lorenzo  D.  Lowell.  May  8.  1881.  P. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892. 


248  Mrs  Sarah  E.  Lowell. 

Dis.  July  2,  1887.  General  letter. 


328  Miss  Nettie  M.  Lewis. 

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89  Mrs.  Margaret  Munshaw. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Pickering,  Canada. 
Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 


152  Miss  Mary  Moore.  Apr.  28,  1867.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Genoa,  Wisconsin. 

Dis.  Apr.  27,  1873,  to  Bloomfield,  Wis. 

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193  Alexander  McGregor.  May  4,  1872.  P. 

Dropped  June  2.  1877. 


194  Mrs.  Margaret  McGregor.  May  4,  1872.  P. 

Dropped  June  2,  1877. 

Died  at  Mineral  Point,  Kansas,  Feb.  16,  1892. 


222 

William  Miller. 

Mar.  5, 

1876. 

P. 

213 

Mrs.  Margaret  Miller. 

Mar.  6, 

1875. 

P. 

262 

Frank  W.  Miller. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Jacksonville,  Ill. 

Jan.  6, 

1884. 

L. 

335 

Miss  Rose  E.  Miller. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Normal,  Ill. 

Oct.  4, 

1896. 

L. 

May  8,  1881.  P. 

Mar.  4,  1894.  P. 

May  1,  1859.  L. 


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319  Miss  Adelaide  J.  Miller. 


329  Dr.  George  H.  Miller. 


275  Miss  Louise  Morris. 


291  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Martin. 


249  Mrs.  Hannah  Miller. 


299  Miss  Zora  C.  Morris. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

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Mar.  1,  1891. 

P. 

Mar.  4,  1894. 

P. 

h.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

May  9,  1886. 

P. 

July  8,  1888. 

P. 

1889. 

May  8,  1881. 

P. 

Sep.  1,  1889. 

L. 

Q  Mrs.  Charlotte  A.  Moore.  See  Ford,  No.  313. 


N 


68  Fnos  B.  Nash.  Oct.  5,  1856. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Doddsville,  Schuyler  Co..  Ill. 

Dis.  Apr.  28,  1872,  to  Clinton,  Iowa. 

Died  Apr*.  17,  1894,  at  Pasadena,  Cal. 


69 


Mrs.  Catherine  Nash. 

From  Doddsville,  Ill. 

Dis.  Apr.  28,  1872,  to  Clinton,  Iowa. 
Died  Feb.  20,  1893,  at  Pasadena,  Cal. 


Oct.  5,  1856. 


158 


Alfred  K.  Nash.  July  14,  1867. 

Married  Miss  Lydia  L.  Chafee,  Dec.  15,  1868. 

Dis.  Jan.  7,  1871,  to  Clinton,  Iowa. 


163  Mrs.  Lydia  L.  Nash. 

Dis.  Jan.  7,  1871,  to  Clinton,  Iowa. 


Jan.  3,  1869. 


L. 


L. 


P. 


P. 


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159  Joseph  D.  Nash.  July  14,  1867. 

Dis.  Jan.  7,  1871,  to  Clinton,  Iowa. 

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244  Aaron  Notestein.  July  1,  1877. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Nunda,  Ill. 

Dis.  Mar.  2,  1878,  to  Brown’s  Grove,  Kansas. 


192  Miss  Effie  G.  Nelson.  Mar.  1,  1872.  ' 

Married  James  A.  Sheldon,  Oct.  30,  1873. 

Dis.  Jan.  12,  1889,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Huntley,  Ill. 

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106  Seth  H.  Nash.  June  8,  1862. 

Married  Miss  Mary  J.  Simpson,  Feb.  26,  1863. 

127  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Nash.  May  3,  1863. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Dundee,  Ill. 

Deceased  May  5,  1896.  Age  56  years. 

(T)  Mrs.  Sarah  P.  Nash.  See  Ashton,  No.  270. 

307  Charles  E.  Nash.  Feb.  1,  1891. 

Dis.  Mar.  3,  1894,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 

Married  Miss  Luella  Irene  Coyne,  Nov.  1,  1897. 

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62  Silas  Olmstead.  Sep.  23,  1855. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Chili,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Deceased  Jan.  6,  1870.  Age  80  years. 

63  Mrs.  Peninnah  Olmstead.  Sep.  23,  1855. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Chili,  N.  Y. 

Deceased  June  15,  1883.  Age  87  years. 

126  Mrs.  Caroline  Olmstead.  May  3,  1863. 

From  Castile,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Sep.  30,  1864,  to  Castile,  N.  Y. 

Deceased  Aug.  5,  1884. 


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294  Miss  Christine  Oberg.  Mar.  3.  1889. 

Dis.  Nov.  2,  1895,  to  Prospect  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 


8 


80 


35 


39 


113 


318  Miss  Josephine  Oberg.  Mar.  1,  1891. 

Dis.  Nov.  2,  1895,  to  Prospect  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 


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James  T.  Pierson. 

Dis.  Apr.  2,  1872,  to  Clinton,  Iowa. 
Deceased  July  22,  1886.  Age  80  years. 


Mrs.  Mary  C.  Pierson. 

Dis.  Apr.  28,  1872,  to  Clinton,  Iowa. 
Deceased  May  19,  1884.  Age  73  years. 


Mrs.  Cynthia  Pratt. 

Prom  Cong.  Ch.,  Sherburne,  N.  Y. 
Deceased  Oct.  10,  1853. 


Mrs.  Volney  Pinkerton. 
From  Pres.  Ch.,  Pultem 
Deceased  Dec.  1,  1845. 


Mrs.  Julia  Perkins. 
Deceased  May  21,  1874. 


47  Horatio  P.  Pond. 

Deceased  Oct.  28,  1853.  Age  28  years. 


48  Mrs.  Esther  Pond. 

Married  Dr.  Edwin  A.  Beers. 

170  Hubbard  Pendleton. 

Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 


292  Hubbard  Pendleton. 

Dis.  May  1,  1889,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill 


P. 


P. 


Jan.  10, 

1842. 

L. 

July  2,  1858. 

P. 

Apr.  26, 

1845. 

L. 

July  13, 

1845. 

L. 

N.  Y. 

June  8, 

1862. 

P. 

July  28, 

1850. 

P. 

Julv  28, 

1850. 

P. 

Oct.  29, 

1869. 

P. 

Nov.  4, 

1888. 

P. 

70 


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177  Eleazer  L.  Pomeroy.  Apr.  30.  1870.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Oak  Park,  III. 

Deceased  Aug.  15,  1899.  Age  73  years. 


178  Mrs.  Mary  F.  Pomeroy.  Apr.  30,  1870.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Oak  Park,  III. 


206  Merwin  F.  Pomeroy.  Apr.  5,  1874.  P. 

Married  Miss  Lillette  Arnold  Oct.  11,  1882. 

Dis.  Nov.  2,  1882,  to  M.  E.  Church,  Elgin,  Ill. 

Died  in  Chicago,  Ill.,  Feb.  11,  1898.  Age  42  years. 


277  Frank  Pomeroy.  May  9,  1886.  P. 

Married  Miss  Anna  Miller,  Apr.  22,  1890. 

Dis.  Jan.  2,  1892,  to  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 


284  Miss  Louise  Pomeroy.  Nov.  7,  1886.  P. 

Married  Andrew  L.  Sanger,  Oct.  2,  1895. 


290  Mons  Peterson.  Jan.  8,  1888.  P. 

Dropped  Jan.  7,  1896,  at  his  request. 

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40  William  Reed.  Jan.  2,  1847.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Belchertown,  Mass. 

41  Mrs.  Elvira  Reed.  Jan.  2,  1847.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Belchertown,  Mass. 

Deceased  Oct.  28,  1887.  Age  81  years. 

(V)  Miss  Maria  Reed.  See  Hale,  No.  324. 

46  Miss  Sarah  Reed.  '  May  4,  1850.  P. 

Deceased  Nov.  27,  1851.  Age  16  years.  * 

82  Perley  Reed.  July  2,  1858.  P. 

Died  at  Geneva,  Neb.,  Sep.  20,  1873. 


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156  Elipbas  Reed.  Apr.  28,  1867.  P. 

Married  Miss  Jennie  Rhinehart  Dec.  22,  1870. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892.  Reinstated  Apr.  6,  1892,  and  dis.  to  F. 
M.  Ch.,  Huntley,  Neb. 


191  Mrs.  Jennie  Reed.  Mar.  1,  1872.  P. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892.  Reinstated  Apr.  17,  1892,  and  dis.  to 
F.  M.  Ch.,  Huntley,  Neb. 


77  Charles  M.  Root.  June  20,  1858.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Min  den,  Mich. 

Dis.  Julv  1,  1859,  to  Pres.  Ch..  Woodstock,  Ill. 


109  Miss  Harriet  J.  Rodgers.  June  8,  1862.  P. 

Married  George  Woodley. 

Dis  June  3,  1871,  to  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


137 


Mrs.  Sarah  Rodgers.  Mar.  11,  1866. 

Dis.  June  3,  1871,  to  Plymouth  Cong.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 


P. 


172  Mrs.  Julia  Robinson.  Jan.  1,  1870. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Pavviet,  Vermont. 


176  Miss  Mary  Ann  Robinson.  Apr.  30,  1870. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Florence,  Mass. 

Dis.  Feb.  28,  1874,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Florence,  Mass. 


228  Silas  S.  Rollins.  May  7,  1876. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Hagerstown,  Md. 


229  Mrs.  Sarah  F.  Rollins.  May  7,  1876. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Hagerstown,  Md. 

Deceased  Oct.  4,  1893.  Age  65  years. 


235  Harrison  S.  Rollins.  May  7,  1876. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892. 


L. 


L. 

L. 


P. 


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295  Thomas  H.  Rowlands.  May  5,  1889.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Waukesha,  Wis. 


(T)  Mrs.  Lizzie  Rowlands.  See  Martin,  No.  291. 

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3  John  W.  Salisbury.  Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Dis.  Apr.  11,  1886,  to  Prospect  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 

Died  at  Elgin,  Ill.,  Dec.  26,  1893.  Age  90  years. 


4  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Salisbury.  Jan.  10,  1842.  L. 

Dis.  Apr.  11,  1886,  to  Prospect  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill.  ' 
Died  at  Elgin,  Ill.,  July  28,  1890.  Age  81  years. 

49  Miss  Eliza  Salisbury.  July  28,  1850.  P. 

Married  Daniel  Pond. 

Dis.  Jan.  8,  1865.  General  letter. 


0  Miss  Esther  Salisbury.  See  Pond,  No.  48. 

103  Miss  Harriet  I.  Salisbury.  Dec.  1,  1861.  P. 

Married  Charles  L.  Shepard,  Sep.  5,  1866. 

Dis.  Dec.  4,  1869.  General  letter. 

0  Miss  Mary  Ann  Salisbury.  See  Mrs.  George  Beers,  No.  115. 

211  .  Miss  Emma  F.  Salisbury.  May  3,  1874.  P. 

Married  Hart  Wollaver,  June  16,  1875. 

Dis.  Jan.  1,  1876,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Dundee.  Ill. 


209  Charles  L.  Shepard.  May  3,  1874.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Lac  Qui  Parle,  Minn. 

Deceased  Sep.  4,  1880.  Age  42  years. 


210  Mrs.  Harriet  I.  Shepard.  May  3,  1874.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Lac  Qui  Parle,  Minn. 

Dis.  Jan.  5,  1897,  to  Prospect  St.  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 


V 


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73 

18 

Robert  Sedgwick. 

July  22,  1843. 

L. 

Dis.  Sep.  10,  1852.  General  letter. 

% 

19 

Mrs.  Sarah  Sedgwick. 

Dis.  Sep.  10,  1852.  General  letter. 

July  22,  1843. 

L. 

21 

Mrs.  Permelia  Smith. 

May  25,  1844. 

L. 

(Wife  of  Dr.  Myron  A.  Smith.) 

From  Cong.  Cb.,  Dundee,  III. 
Deceased  Feb.  9,  1872.  Age  65  years. 


(V)  Miss  Mary  Jane  Smith.  See  Mrs.  Henry  Ford,  No.  285. 

— ► - 

38  Mrs.  Lucy  C.  Stanton.  June  28,  1815.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Thornby,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  July  21,  1855,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Dundee,  Ill. 


23  Phineas  G.  Stanton.  July  20,  1844.  L. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Attica,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Jan.  12,  1850.  General  letter. 


24  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stanton.  July  20,  1844.  L. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Attica,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Jan.  12,  1850.  General  letter. 


94  Epenetus  Southworth.  June  20,  1861.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Algonquin,  Ill. 

Deceased  Nov.  11,  1864.  Age  63  years. 


95  Mrs.  Phebe  Southworth.  June  20,  1861.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Algonquin,  Ill. 

Dis.  Apr.  30,  1869,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 

- ^  ♦ — 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Burton  Smith.  Dec.  1,  1861. 

Dis.  July  2,  1870,  to  Springfield,  Mo. 

Married  Joseph  H.  Blair  Oct.  18,  1875. 


101 


P. 


74 


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168  Miss  Louise  Stenden.  June  25,  1869.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Pine  Grove,  Ontario,  Canada. 

Dismissed.  No  date  on  record. 

- - 

185  Miss  Mary  Sanford.  July  2,  1870.  P. 

Married  James  Rhinehart  June - ,  1875. 

Dropped  Jan.  2,  1892. 


117  William  M.  Shields.  June  8,  1862.  L. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Flint  Creek,  Ill. 

Dis.  Jan.  7,  1871,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Clinton,  Iowa. 


118  Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Shields.  June  8,  1862. 

From  M.  E.  Ch.,  Flint  Creek,  Ill. 

Dis.  Jan.  7,  1871,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Clinton,  Iowa. 

Died  in  Canton,  South  Dakota,  June  10,  1896. 


140  Miss  Hannah  G  South  worth.  July  1,  1866. 

From  Mt.  Vernon  Cong.  C’h.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Dis.  May  31.  1867,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Algonquin,  Ill. 


— 


(7)  Mrs.  Effie  G.  Sheldon.  See  Nelson,  No.  192. 


286  Mrs.  Christina  Stewart.  Sep.  4,  1887. 

From  First  Scotch  Pres.  Ch.,  Chicago,  Ill. 

Deceased  Mar.  5,  1892. 

— - 

(V)  Mrs.  Louise  Sanger.  See  Pomeroy,  No.  284. 


Miss  Florence  A.  Sessions.  Nov.  6,  1877. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 

Dis.  June  17,  1888,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


289 


L. 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


75 


T 

78  Mrs.  Jerusha  Treraper.  July  2,  1858.  L. 

From  North  Pres.  Ch.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Deceased  Oct.  1,  1869.  Age  70  years. 


169  Mrs.  Ruth  R.  Thomas.  Oct.  29,  1869.  L. 

From  First  Pres.  Ch.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Dis.  May  6,  1871,  to  Pres.  Ch.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 


263  Miss  Jennie  Torrence.  Mar.  2,  1884.  P. 

Married  Edwin  Allaben  Julv  6.  1887. 

•j  j  • 

Dis.  Sep.  5,  1885,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Woodstock,  Ill. 


246  Charles  L.  Teckler.  Jan.  4,  1880.  P. 

0  Mrs.  Elsie  A.  Tedder.  See  Hibbard,  No.  245. 

340  Miss  Alice  Teckler.  Sep.  4,  1898.  P. 

€ 

v 

303  Rev.  Otho  M.  Van  Swearingen.  Nov.  2,  1890.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Evansville,  Wis. 

Dis.  Dec.  30,  1893,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Beardstown,  Ill. 

304  Mrs.  Mattie  A.  Van  Swearingen.  Nov.  2,  1890.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Evansville,  Wis. 

Dis.  Dec.  30,  1893,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Beardstown,  Ill. 

305  Miss  Bertha  Van  Swearingen.  Nov.  2,  1890.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Evansville,  Wis. 

Dis.  Dec.  30,  1893,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Beardstown,  Ill. 

306  Miss  Elsie  Van  Swearingen.  Nov.  2,  1890.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Evansville,  Wis. 

Dis.  Dec. *30,  1893,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Beardstown,  Ill. 


76 


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9 


10 


29 


30 


31 


w 


Horace  Wells. 

Dis.  Feb.  10,  1850,  to  Algonquin,  Ill. 


Mrs.  Lavinia  Wells. 

Dis.  Feb.  10,  1850,  to  Algonquin,  Ill. 


Apr.  IT,  1842. 


Apr.  IT,  1842. 


Wright  Warren. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Portage,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Feb.  10,  1850.  to  Algonquin,  Ill. 


Feb.  1.  1845. 


Mrs.  Cvnthia  Warren. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Portage,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Feb.  10,  1850,  to  Algonquin,  Ill. 


Feb.  1,  1845. 


Miss  Electa  Warren. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Portage,  N.  Y. 

Married  Fred  Joslyn. 

Dis.  Jan.  12,  1850,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Elgin,  Ill. 
Died  Sep.  19,  1853.  Age  25  years. 


Feb.  1,  1845. 


32  Miss  Abigail  Warren. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Portage,  N.  Y. 
Married  Thomas  Smock. 

Dis.  Feb.  10,  1850,  to  Algonquin,  Ill. 
Died  at  Spencer,  Iowa.  Mar.  6,  1891. 

- *>  ♦ - 


Feb.  1,  1845. 


60  Dr.  William  J.  Wilson. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Warlord,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Mar.  15,  186T,  to  Turner  Junction,  III. 


Sep.  23,  1855. 


61  Mrs.  Huldah  M.  Wilson. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Warlord,  N.  Y. 

Dis.  Mar.  15,  186T,  to  Turner  Junction,  Ill 


Api*.  1,  1855. 


123  Miss  Sarah  Wallace.  Aug.  3,  1862. 

Married  Lorenzo  Dow  Pease,  Oct.  16,  186T. 

Dis.  Aug.  18,  18T2,  to  Laramie,  Wyoming  Territory. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


P. 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


77 


242  Miss  Ada  Wallace. 


243 


218 


July  1,  1877. 
July  1,  1877.- 


Miss  Carrie  P.  Wallace. 

Married  William  Hart. 

Dis.  Dec.  17,  1881,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Denver,  Col. 

— — 

Charles  B.  White.  Mar.  5,  1876. 


Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 


219  Mrs.  Maria  L.  White. 
Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 


Mar.  5,  1876. 


P. 

P. 


P. 


212  Mrs.  Martha  J.  Wallace.  Jan.  3,  1875. 

Married  A.  J.  Perkins,  Apr.  15,  1875. 

Dropped  Apr.  19,  1884. 


P. 


217  Mrs.  Susan  N.  Warner. 

From  Pres.  Ch.,  Marengo,  Ill. 
Dropped  Sep.  7,  1880. 

240  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Walkup. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Beloit,  Wis. 


241  Miss  Eva  M.  Walkup. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Beloit,  Wis. 


Jan.  2,  1876. 


July  1,  1877. 


July  1,  1877. 


L. 


L. 


L. 


253  Ilev.  Reuben  B.  Wright.  May  8,  1881.  L. 

•From  Cong.  Ch.,  Dexter,  Minn. 

Dis.  Mar.  31.  1883,  to  Crested  Butte,  Col. 

254  Mrs.  Alice  Wright.  May  8,  1881.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Dexter,  Minn. 

Dis.  Mar.  31,  1883,  to  Crested  Butte,  Col. 


267  Rev.  Henry  Willard.  Feb.  29,  1885.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Mantonville,  Minn. 

Dis.  Aug.  21,  1887,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  South  Park,  111. 


78 


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268  Mrs.  Jennie  W.  Willard.  Feb.  29,  1885.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Mantonville,  Minn. 

Dis.  Aug.  21,  1887,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  South  Park,  Ill. 


269  Miss  Emma  Willard.  Feb.  29,  1885. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Mantonville,  Minn. 

Dis.  Aug.  21,  1887,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  South  Park,  Ill. 


271  Mrs.  Sarah  Wingate.  May  3,  1885.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch..,  Aurora,  III. 

Dis.  Aug.  31,  1895,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Barreville,  Ill. 


—  Edward  S.  Williams.  No  record  of  admission. 

Dis.  May  4,  1872,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Lombard,  Ill. 

- ^ - 

287  Rev.  Eugene  F.  Wright.  Sep.  4,  1887.  L. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Rockton,  Ill. 

Dis.  June  28,  1890,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Huntley,  Ill. 


288  Mrs.  E.  F.  Wright.  Sep.  4,  1887. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Rockton,  Ill. 

Dis.  June  28,  1890,  to  Cong.  Ch.,  Huntley,  Ill. 


302  Harry  P.  Wilbur.  Nov.  3,  1889. 

- * - — - 

344  Rev.  J.  Vincent  Willis.  Nov.  5,  1899. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Danvers,  Ill. 


L. 


P. 

T. 


345  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Willis. 

From  Cong.  Ch.,  Danvers.  Ill. 


Nov.  5,  1899. 


L. 


List  of  Pastors  of  the  Crystal  Lake*  Ill.*  Congrega- 
gational  Church  from  1842  to  1900. 


Rev.  E.  G.  Howe, 

Rev.  Hiram  Kellogg, 

Rev.  Spencer  Baker, 

Rev.  John  V.  Downs, 

Rev.  Isaac  C.  Beach, 

Rev.  George  Langdon, 

Rev.  Elkanah  Whitney, 

Rev.  John  V.  Downs, 

Rev.  Francis  L.  Fuller, 

Rev.  Henry  E.  Barnes, 

Rev.  James  H.  Harwood, 

Rev.  Norman  A.  Millard, 

Rev.  James  H.  Harwood, 

Rev.  Samuel  C.  Hay, 

Rev.  William  F.  Rose, 

Rev.  Robert  Hay, 

Rev.  Edwin  N.  Andrews, 

Rev.  Samuel  C.  Hay, 

Rev.  Edwin  D.  Bailey, 

Rev.  Charles  J.  Adams, 

Rev.  Reuben  B.  Wright, 

Rev.  A.  E.  Allaben, 

Rev.  Henry  Willard, 

Rev.  James  R.  Kay, 

Rev.  Eugene  F.  Wright, 

Rev.  Otho  M.  Van  Swearingen 
Rev.  Winfield  R.  Gaylord, 

Rev.  John  E.  Evans, 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Enlow, 

Rev.  J.  Vincent  Willis, 


CALLED. 

DISMISSED. 

Mar.  21,  1842. 

Apr.  16, 

1843. 

May  13,  1843. 

Jan.  20, 

1844. 

Mar.  17,  1844. 

Oct.  19, 

1845. 

Jan.  2,  1847. 

Jan.  1, 

1848. 

Apr.  22,  1848. 

Dec.  8, 

1849. 

May  4,  1850. 

Aug.  1, 

1852. 

Feb.  26,  1853. 

June  24, 

1853. 

Jan.  1,  1854. 

Oct.  26, 

1855. 

Apr.  15,  1856. 

Apr.  13, 

1861. 

Sep.  1,  1861. 

Aug.  29, 

1862. 

Jan.  6,  1863. 

Aug.  5, 

1864. 

Oct.  28,  1864. 

Oct.  15, 

1865. 

Nov.  24,  1865. 

May  1, 

1867. 

July  1,  1867. 

July  1, 

1868. 

Nov.  27,  1868. 

May  1, 

1869. 

June  4,  1869. 

May  4, 

1872. 

June  17,  1872. 

Mar.  6, 

1875. 

Aug  1,  1875. 

Aug.  4, 

1877. 

Dec.  18,  1877. 

Feb.  23, 

1879. 

Nov.  22,  1879. 

Oct.  17, 

1880. 

Nov.  22,  1880. 

Jan.  18, 

1883. 

May  6,  1883. 

Mar.  9, 

1884. 

Nov.  1,  1884. 

Sep.  26, 

1885. 

Oct.  11,  1885. 

Aug.  1, 

1886. 

May  1,  1887.  . 

July  1, 

1890. 

Sep.  1,  1890. 

Oct.  1, 

1893. 

Dec.  1,  1893. 

Sep.  1, 

1894. 

Oct.  1,  1894. 

Nov.  1, 

1895. 

Mar.  1,  1896. 

June  1, 

1899. 

Oct.  1,  1899. 

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List  cf  Deacons  from  1842  to  1900 


Reuben  Jenne, 

John  W.  Salisbury, 
Solomon  Keyes, 
John  W.  Salisbury, 
Robert  Sedgwick, 
John  W.  Salisbury. 
William  Reed, 

John  W.  Salisbury, 
William  Reed, 

John  W.  Salisbury, 
William  Reed, 

John  W.  Salisbury, 
William  Reed, 

John  W.  Salisbury, 
William  Reed. 

John  W.  Salisbury, 
William  Reed, 
Solomon  Keyes, 
Silas  Olmstead, 
Simon  S.  Gates, 
William  Reed, 
William  Reed, 

Enos  B.  Nash. 
Samuel  F.  Foster. 

7 

William  Reed. 
Samuel  F.  Foster, 
William  Reed, 
William  W.  Dike, 
Simon  S.  Gates, 
Robert  G.  Benton, 
William  Reed, 
Simon  S.  Gates, 
Robert  G.  Benton, 
William  Reed, 
Simon  S.  Gates, 
Robert  G.  Benton, 


Jan.  10,  1842. 
Jan.  1,  1844. 
May  13,  1843. 
Jan.  3,  1846. 
Jan.  3,  1846. 
Jan.  8,  1848. 
Jan.  8,  1848. 
Jan.  12,  1850. 
Jan.  12,  1850. 
Jan.  3,  1853. 
Jan.  3,  1853. 
Jan.  1,  1855. 
Jan.  1,  1855. 
May  6,  1857. 
May  6,  1857. 
May  8,  1859. 
May  8,  1859. 
May  8,  1859. 
May  8,  1859. 
May  30,  1862. 
May  30,  1862. 
May  27.  1864. 
May  27,  1864. 
Sep.  30,  1864. 
May  21.  1867. 

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May  21,  1867. 
June  25,  1869. 
June  25,  1869. 
Sep.  3,  1869. 
Sep.  3,  1869. 
June  3,  1871. 
June  3,  1871. 
June  3,  1871. 
May  31.  1873. 
May  31,  1873. 
Mav  31,  1873. 

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2  years. 
*/  % 

2  years. 

3  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 

2  years. 
•/ 

2  years. 
». 

2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
Declined. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
Declined. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 
2  years. 


DEACON  WILLIAM  REED. 


Deacon  William  Reed  is  a  native  of  Belcbertown,  Mass.  He 
united  with  this  church  Jan.  2,  1847.  He  was  elected  Deacon  Jan. 
8,  1848,  and  has  served  the  church  in  that  capacity  almost  contin  u- 
ously  ever  since,  and  is  our  senior  Deacon  at  the  present  time.  If  he 
lives  until  June  1,  1900,  he  will  be  96  years  old.  He  is  a  remarkably 
well  preserved  man  for  his  age,  mentally  and  physically.  He  walks 
several  blocks  to  church  nearly  every  Sabbath  when  the  weather 
and  going  will  permit,  and  has  been  a  faithful  attendant  at  prayer 
meetings,  and  also  the  monthly  church  meetings,  and  occasionally 
presides  as  chairman  of  the  meeting.  Surely  his  has  been  a  long 
and  useful  life. 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


83 


Simon  S.  Gates, 

June  5,  1875.  Died  June  24,  1876. 

William  Reed, 

June  5,  1875. 

2  years. 

Robert  G.  Benton, 

June  5, 1875.  Deposed  Feb.  3,  1877. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Feb.  3,  1877. 

2  years. 

William  Reed, 

J une  30,  1877. 

2  years. 

Benjamin  Hickok, 

June  30,  1877.  Resig'd  Dec.l,  1877. 

William  W.  Dike, 

June  30,  1877. 

Declined. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Jan.  5,  1878. 

2  years. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Jan.  5,  1878. 

Declined. 

Charles  F.  Dike. 

June  1,  1878. 

Declined. 

Charles  L.  Shepard, 

.June  1,  1878.  Res'd  Nov.  2. 1878. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Feb.  1,  1879. 

2  years. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Nov.  15,  1879. 

2  years. 

William  Reed, 

Sep.  7,  1880. 

2  years. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Sep.  7,  1880. 

2  years. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Sep.  7,  1880. 

1  year. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Sep.  7,  1880. 

1  year. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

July  2.  1882. 

2  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

July  2,  1882. 

2  years. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

July  2,  1882. 

1  year. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

July  2,  1882. 

1  year. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

June  2,  1883. 

2  years. 

William  Reed,  • 

May  2,  1884. 

2  years. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

May  2,  1884. 

2  years. 

%j 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Sep.  11,  1885. 

2  years. 

William  Reed, 

July  31,  1886. 

No  limit. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

July  31,  1886.  Died  Feb.  28,  1891. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Sep.  4,  1887.  Resig’d  Nov.  20,  1893. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Jan.  7.  1888.  Resid’d  Feb.  3..  1894. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

June  2,  1894. 

No  limit. 

Charles  L.  Teckler, 

July  1,  1896. 

No  limit. 

Lyman  Harrison, 

May  1,  1897. 

No  limit. 

List  of  Church 

Clsrks  from  184-2  to 

1900. 

James  T.  Pierson, 

Jan.  10.  1842.  x 

2  years. 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Jan.  20,  1844. 

2  years. 

Allen  Baldwin. 

Jan.  3,  1846. 

2  years. 

84 


Crystal  Lake  Congregational  Church 


Allen  Baldwin, 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Horatio  P.  Pond, 

Solomon  Keyes, 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Alfred  K.  Nash, 

Josiah  Dwight, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

William  W.  Dike, 

James  B.  Ford, 

Henrv  F.  Gibbs, 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

List  of  Church  Treasurers  from  184-2  to  1900. 


Jan.  8,  1848. 

2  years. 

Jan  12,  1850. 

2  years. 

Oct.  27,  1850. 

14  months. 

Jan.  3,  1853. 

2  years. 

Jan.  1,  1855. 

2  years. 

May  3,  1857. 

2  years. 

May  8,  1859. 

2  years. 

May  30,  1862. 

2  years. 

May  27,  1864. 

2  years. 

May  25,  1866. 

2  years. 

May  29,  1868. 

Res’d  Jan.  1,  1870. 

Mar.  5,  1870. 

Res’d  Mar.  1,  1873. 

May  31,  1873. 

2  years. 

J  une  6,  1875. 

2  years. 

June  1,  1878. 

2  years. 

July  2,  1882. 

2  years. 

May  3,  1884. 

2  years. 

J  uly  31,  1886. 

Died  Feb.  28, 1891. 

Apr.  8,  1891. 

Res’d  Dec.  30,  1893. 

Feb.  3,  1894. 

Res’d  Dec.  1,  1894. 

Jan.  8,  1895. 

2  years. 

Jan.  5,  1897. 

3  years. 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Jan.  10,  1842. 

2  years. 

George  W.  Dike, 

Jan.  20,  1844. 

2  years. 

George  W.  Dike, 

Jan.  3,  1846. 

2  years. 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Jan.  8,  1848. 

2  years. 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Jan.  12,  1850. 

Res’d  Oct,  27,  1850 

%■ 

Horatio  P.  Pond, 

Oct.  27,  1850. 

14  months. 

Solomon  Keves, 

t j  7 

Jan.  3,  1853. 

2  years. 

Allen  Baldwin, 

Jan.  1,  1852. 

2  years. 

Alien  Baldwin, 

May  3,  1857. 

2  years. 

Alien  Baldwin, 

May  8,  1859. 

2  years. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

May  30,  1862. 

2  years. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

May  27,  1864. 

2  yeai  s. 

George  W.  Dike, 

May  25,  1866. 

Res’d  Mav  21.  1867. 

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85 


Seth  H.  Nash, 

May  21,  1867. 

2  years. 

Franklin  Dike, 

Feb.  9,  1869. 

Res?d  Oct.  1,  1872. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Oct.  1, 1872. 

4  months. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Feb.  11,  1873. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Feb.  8,  1876. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  18,  1879. 

^  3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  14,  1882. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Mar.  4,  1885.  Res'd  Apr.  10,  1887. 

Leroy  S.  Bee  k  ley, 

Apr.  10,  1887. 

1  year. 

Leroy  S.  Heekley, 

Feb.  20,  1888. 

Res’d  July  1,  1889. 

Henry  F.  Giubs, 

J  uly  3,  1889. 

18  months. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Feb.  10,  1891. 

3  years. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Feb.  13,  1894. 

3  years. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Jan.  5,  1897. 

3  years. 

List  of  Church 

Trustees  from  1842  to  1900. 

Horace  C.  Weils, 

May  5,  1845. 

5  years. 

James  T.  Pieroou, 

May  5,  1845. 

4  years 

Robert  Sedgwick, 

May  5,  1845. 

3  years. 

Warren  Z.  Jackman, 

Mav  5,  1845. 

2  years. 

Samuel  F.  Foster, 

May  5,  1845. 

1  year. 

George  W.  Dike, 

May  20,  1818. 

5  years. 

Robert  Sedgwick, 

May  20,  1848. 

4  years. 

Solomou  Ke^  es, 

May  20,  1848. 

3  years. 

James  T.  Pierson, 

May  < ,  1849. 

5  years. 

John  W.  Salisbury, 

J  une  1,  1850. 

5  years. 

Soioiiiou  Keyes, 

May  5,  1851. 

5  years. 

John  W.  Salisbury, 

May  5,  1851. 

4  years. 

James  T.  Pierson, 

May  5,  1856. 

3  years. 

Thomas  Ford, 

May  5,  1856. 

2  years. 

George  W.  Dike, 

May  5,  1856. 

1  year. 

George  VV.  Dike, 

Mav  3,  1857. 

3  years. 

James  T.  Pierson, 

May  8,  1859. 

3  years. 

Thomas  Ford, 

May  8,  1859. 

2  years. 

George  W.  Dike, 

May  7,  1860. 

3  years. 

Simon  S.  Gates, 

May  00,  1802. 

3  years. 

Thomas  Ford, 

May  30,  1802. 

2  years. 

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George  W.  Dike, 

Thomas  Ford, 

Allen  Baldwin, 

George  W.  Dike, 

Thomas  Ford, 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Simon  S.  Gates, 

May  4,  1863. 
May  27,  1864. 
May  26,  1865. 
May  25,  1866. 
May  21,  1867. 
May  21,  1867. 
May  29,  1868. 

3  years. 
3  years. 
3  years. 
Res’d  May  21,  1867. 

3  years. 

«y 

2  years. 

3  years. 

FIRST  BOARD 

OF  SOCIETY  TRUSTEES. 

Simon  S.  Gates, 

Feb.  9,  1869. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  9,  1869. 

3  years. 

Thomas  Ford, 

Feb.  9,  1869. 

2  years. 

James  Burton, 

Feb.  9,  1869. 

2  years. 

James  T.  Pierson, 

Feb.  9,  1869. 

1  year. 

Franklin  Dike, 

Feb.  9,  1869. 

1  year. 

Charles  E.  Frisbie, 

Feb.  14,  1870. 

3  years. 

i/ 

Robert  G.  Benton, 

Feb.  14,  1870. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Feb.  13,  1872. 

3  years. 

James  Barton, 

Feb.  13,  1872. 

3  years. 

Richard  Bushnell, 

Mar.  11,  1873. 

2  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  10,  1874. 

3  years. 

William  Reed, 

Feb.  10,  1874. 

3  years. 

Charles  E.  Frisbie, 

Feb.  10,  1874. 

2  years. 

John  Dnnn, 

Feb.  10,  1874. 

Res'd  Feb.  9,  1875. 

Eleazer  L.  Pomeroy, 

Feb.  9,  1875. 

1  year. 

Benjamin  Carpenter, 

Feb.  9,  1875. 

3  years. 

James  Crow, 

Feb.  9,  1875. 

Declined. 

Simon  S.  Gates, 

Feb.  8,  1876. 

Died  June  24,  1876. 

William  W.  Dike, 

Feb.  8,  1876. 

3  years. 

Benjamin  R.  Hickok, 

Feb.  8,  1876. 

2  years. 

William  D.  Gates, 

Feb.  13,  1877. 

3  years. 

%j 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Feb.  13,  1877. 

3  years. 

Richard  Bushnell, 

Feb.  13,  1877. 

2  years. 

Benjamin  Carpenter, 

Feb.  12,  1878. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  12,  1878. 

3  years. 

William  W.  Dike, 

Feb.  18,  1879. 

3  years. 

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87 

E.  L.  Pomeroy, 

Feb.  18,  1879. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Feb.  18,  1879. 

1  year. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Feb.  10,  1880. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Feb.  10,  1880. 

3  year*s. 

Harrison  H.  Ford, 

Apr.  8,  1881. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Apr.  8,  1881. 

3  years. 

Wiliam  W.  Dike, 

Feb.  14,  1882. 

3  years. 

E.  L.  Pomeroy, 

Peb.  14,  1882. 

3  years. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Feb.  13,  1883. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Feb.  13,  1883. 

3  years. 

Harrison  H.  Ford, 

Feb.  22,  1884. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  22,  1884. 

3  years. 

William  W.  Dike, 

Mar.  4,  1885. 

3  years. 

E.  L.  Pomeroy, 

Mar.  4,  1885. 

3  years. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Feb.  9,  1886. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Feb.  9,  1886. 

3  years. 

•• 

Harrison  H.  Ford, 

Feb.  16,  1887. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  16,  1887. 

3  years. 

E.  L.  Pomerov, 

Feb.  20,  1888. 

3  years. 

William  W.  Dike. 

/ 

Feb.  20,  1888. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Feb.  11,  1889. 

3  years. 

Moos  Peterson, 

Feb.  11,  1889. 

3  years. 

Harrison  H.  Ford. 

/ 

Feb.  11,  1890. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike, 

Feb.  11,  1890. 

3  years. 

E.  L.  Pomeroy, 

Feb.  10.  1891. 

3  years. 

William  W.  Dike, 

Feb.  10,  1891. 

3  years. 

Seth  H.  Nash. 

Feb.  9,  1892. 

3  year's. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Feb.  9,  1892. 

3  years. 

Charles  F.  Dike. 

Feb.  14, 1893.  Res’d  Feb.  13,1894. 

Harrison  H.  Ford, 

Feb.  14,  1893. 

3  years. 

E.  L.  Pomeroy, 

Feb.  13,  1894. 

3  years. 

James  B.  Ford, 

Feb.  13,  1894. 

3  years. 

The  society  was 

abolished  Mar.  3,  1894. 

FIRST 

BOARD  OF  CHURCH  TRUSTEES. 

E.  L.  Pomeroy, 

Mar.  3,  1894. 

3  years. 

James  B.  Ford, 

Mar.  3,  1894. 

3  years. 

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Harrison  H.  Ford, 

Mar.  3,  1894. 

2  years. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Mar.  3,  1894. 

1  year. 

Seth  H.  Nash, 

Mar.  3,  1894. 

1  year. 

Henrv  F.  Gibbs. 

Jan.  8,  1895. 

3  years. 

%j 

Charles  L.  Teckler, 

Jan.  8,  1895. 

3  years. 

Thomas  H.  Rowlands, 

Jan.  8,  1895. 

1  year. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Jan.  7,  1896. 

3  years. 

Thomas  H.  Rowlands, 

Jan.  7,  1896. 

3  years. 

E.  L.  Pomerov. 

Jan.  5,  1897. 

3  years. 

Frank  W.  Miller, 

Jan.  5,  1897. 

3  years. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs, 

Jan.  4,  1898. 

3  years.  - 

Charles  L.  Teckler, 

Jan.  4,  1898. 

3  years. 

Silas  S.  Rollins, 

Jan.  3,  1899. 

3  years. 

Harrison  H.  Ford, 

Jan.  3,  1899. 

3  years. 

Articles  of  Faith. 


I.  We  believe  that  God  exists  in  three  persons:  Father, 
Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  and  that  these  three  are  one. 

II.  We  believe  that  the  Bible  is  the  inspired  word  of  God, 
and  that  it  is  the  only  infallible  guide  of  faith  and  practice. 

III.  We  believe  that  the  Gospel  Ministry,  the  Christian 
Church  and  the  Christian  Sabbath  are  institutions  of  Divine  ap¬ 
pointment,  and  will  continue  in  force  to  the  end  of  the  world. 

IV.  We  believe  that  man  inherits  a  fallen  nature,  and  can¬ 
not  be  an  accepted  child  of  God  until  regenerated  by  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

V.  We  believe  that  God  came  to  earth  in  the  person  of  Jesus 
Christ  to  make  an  atonement,  and  now  comes  in  the  person  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  regenerate  and  sanctify. 

VI.  We  believe  that  the  righteous  are  saved,  but  the  wicked 
go  away  into  everlasting  punishment. 

VII.  We  believe  that  Salvation  is  a  gift  of  God,  bestowed 
only  on  condition  of  faith  and  perfect  obedience.  The  believer  is 
therefore  in  covenant  to  keep  God’s  commandments,  and  do  His 
work. 

VIII.  We  believe  the  believers  are  kept  by  the  power  of 
God  through  faith  unto  Sal vation. 

IX.  We  believe  that  the  ordinances  of  Baptism  and  the 
Lord’s  Supper  were  instituted  to  be  observed  by  the  church. 

Covenant. 


You  do  now,  in  the  presence  of  the  heart  searching  God,  be¬ 
fore  angels,  and  men,  avouch  the  Great  Jehovah,  Father,  Son, 
and  Holy  Ghost,  to  be  your  God.  You  receive  the  Father  as  your 
Father,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  your  Redeemer,  and  the  Holy 
Ghost  as  your  Sanctifier.  Renouncing  every  sinful  way,  you  de¬ 
vote  your  all  unreservedly  to  God,  and  engage  to  walk  in  all  His 


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commandments,  and  ordinances,  as  required  in  His  word.  You 
also  submit  yourself  to  the  government  of  Christ  in  His  church, 
and  to  the  administration  of  it  in  this  church  in  particular.  You 
covenant  to  walk  in  love,  and  fellowship,  with  your  brethren,  to 
live  an  humble  Christian  life,  always  endeavoring  to  promote  the 
Kingdom  of  Heaven.  Relying  on  Divine  Grace,  this  you  solemnly 
Covenant. 


The  Church  Covenant. 


(THE  CHURCH  WILL  ARISE.) 

We  then  as  a  Church  receive  you  into  communion,  and  fellow¬ 
ship,  promising  to  treat  you  in  all  respects  as  a  member  of  Christ’s 
Church,  and  to  watch  over  you  in  the  spirit  of  Christian  love  and 
tenderness.  May  the  Lord  bless  you,  and  keep  you.  The  Lord 
make  His  face  to  shine  upon  you,  and  lift  up  His  countenance  upon 
you,  and  give  you  peace.  Amen. 

Constitution. 


ART.  I— NAME. 

This  church  shall  be  known  as  the  Congregational  Church  of 
Crystal  Lake,  Illinois. 

ART.  II— MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  1. — Anv  person  mav  become  a  member  of  this  church 
who  shall  give  credible  evidence  of  regeneration,  and  shall  assent 
to  the  articles  of  Faith  and  Covenant. 

Sec.  2. — It  shall  be  urged,  by  the  Pastor  and  Clerk,  upon 
those  member’s  who  may  remove  from  our  immediate  vicinity,  so 
that  they  cannot  attend  the  services  and  meetings  of  the  church, 
that  they  call  for  their  letters,  and  identify  themselves  with  some 
church  nearer  to  their  residence  as  soon  as  convenient.  If  this 
be  not  possible,  to  keep  themselves  in  communication  with  the 
church.  Otherwise  their  names  may  be  removed  from  the  roll  of 
members,  after  two  years’  absence,  at  the  discretion  of  the  church. 


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ART.  Ill— OFFICERS. 

Section  1. — The  officers  of  this  church  shall  be  a  Pastor,  two 
or  more  Deacons;  three  or  more  Trustees;  a  Clerk,  and  a  Treas¬ 
urer,  who  shall  be  members  of  this  church. 

Sec.  2. — All  the  officers  shall  be  elected  by  ballot. 

Sec.  3. — The  Trustees,  Clerk  and  Treasurer  shall  hold  office 
for  three  years.  The  Deacons  shall  hold  office  for  three  years,  or 
until  their  successors  are  elected.  Vacancies  may  be  filled  at  anY 
regular  meeting. 

Sec.  4. — There  shall  be  a  Prudential  Committee,  consisting  of 
the  Pastor,  Deacons  and  two  ladies,  who  shall  examine  candidates 
for  membership,  receive  and  inquire  into  any  complaints  against 
members  of  the  church,  and  to  carry  out  actions  of  the  church 
otherwise  unprovided  for.  The  Prudential  Committee  shall  also 
be  the  committee  on  pulpit  supply. 

Sec.  5. — The  duties  of  the  different  officers  shall  be  as  follows: 

(a)  The  Pastor  shall  have  control  of  the  pulpit  and  the  gen¬ 
eral  exercises  of  public  worship;  shall  preach  the  Word,  and  have 
the  spiritual  oversight  of  the  congregation:  shall  administer  the 
sacraments;  shall  execute  the  discipline  ordered  by  the  church; 
and  shall,  ordinarily,  act  as  moderator  in  the  meetings  of  the 
church.  He  shall  be  elected  bv  vote  of  the  church  at  any  meet- 
ing,  due  notice  having  been  given  on  the  previous  Sabbath.  The 
official  relation  of  the  Pastor  to  be  dissolved  only  by  vote  of  the 
church,  and  at  least  one  month  after  the  Pastor,  or  church,  has 
given  notice  of  a  desire  for  such  dissolution. 

(b)  The  Deacons  shall  aid  the  Pastor  in  the  administration 
of  the  ordinances  of  the  church,  making  all  necessary  provision 
for  the  same:  shall  attend  to  the  discipline  of  the  church,  and  assist 
the  Pastor  generally  in  the  spiritual  care  of  the  congregation;  and 
shall,  in  the  absence  of  the  Pastor,  or  of  any  stated  supply,  provide  a 
temporary  supply  of  the  pulpit,  and  conduct  the  church  meetings. 
They  shall  make  an  annual  report,  embodying  therein  suggestions 
touching  the  spiritual  condition  and  wants  of  the  church. 

(c)  The  Clerk  shall  keep  a  faithful  record  of  the  proceedings 
and  acts  of  the  church,  which  shall  be  submitted  for  approval  at 
the  regular  meetings,  and  shall  enter  the  same  in  a  book  for  future 
reference;  he  shall  keep  a  register  of  all  the  members  of  the 
church,  with  the  date  and  manner  of  their  reception,  of  their  re- 


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moral,  of  their  baptism,  and  other  similar  particulars;  he  shall 
keep  a  list  of  all  the  children  baptized,  with  the  names  of  both 
parents;  he  shall  keep  on  file  all  church  correspondence,  all  writ¬ 
ten  official  reports,  and  other  valuable  papers:  he  shall  hand  a 
written  notice  of  the  Annual  Meeting  to  the  Pastor  to  be  read 
from  the  pulpit  on  the  last  two  Sundays  preceding  said  meeting, 
and  he  shall  present  a  written  annual  report  to  the  church,  with  a 
full  statistical  report  for  the  year. 

(d)  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys  and  contributions 
belonging  to  the  church:  he  shall  disburse  the  charitable  contri¬ 
butions  under  the  direction  of  the  Deacons,  and  shall  forward  the 
benevolent  contributions  to  their  respective  destinations:  and  the 
funds  for  the  immediate  use  of  the  church  he  shall  expend  on  the 
order  of  the  Trustees.  He  shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the 
church,  of  all  the  receipts  and  disbursements,  with  proper  vouch¬ 
ers  therefor. 

(e)  The  Trustees  shall  see  that  the  church  is  legally  incor¬ 
porated  according  to  the  laws  of  the  state:  they  shall  be  respon¬ 
sible  for  the  property  of  the  church:  shall  superintend  the  raising 
of  the  minister’s  salary:  and  shall  provide  for  all  the  incidental 
expenses  of  the  church,  subject  always  to  its  directing  vote;  but 
they  shall  have  no  power  to  buy.  sell,  mortgage,  lease  or  transfer 
property  without  specific  authority  given  by  vote  of  the  church. 
They  shall  make  a  full  report  of  their  doing's  at  the  Annual  Meet¬ 
ing  of  the  church,  and  also  give  such  suggestions  touching  the 
affairs  of  the  church  for  the  ensuing  year  as  they  deem  advisable. 

ART.  IV — DISCIPLINE. 

The  rule  of  discipline  of  this  church  shall  be  the  law  of  Christ, 
recorded  in  Matt,  xviii.  15-17. 

ART.  V— ORDINANCES. 

Section  1. — The  Lord’s  Supper  shall  be  regularly  celebrated 
at  such  times  as  the  church  shall  appoint. 

Sec.  2. — Baptism  shall  be  administered  at  such  times  as  the 
Pastor  and  the  Deacons  shall  designate. 


ART.  VI— MEETINGS. 

Section  1. — The  Annual  Business  Meeting  of  this  church,  to 
hear  reports,  elect  officers,  and  transact  any  business  that  may 


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93 


properly  come  before  the  meeting,  shall  be  held  on  the  Tuesday 
after  the  first  Monday  in  January. 

Sec.  2. — Regular  Church  Meetings  shall  be  held  on  the  Satur- 
day  preceding  the  first  Sunday  of  each  month. 

Sec.  3. — Services  preparatory  to  the  administration  of  the 
Lord’s  Supper  shall  be  held  on  the  Saturday  before  the  first  Sun¬ 
day  in  January,  and  every  two  months  thereafter,  at  the  time  of 
holding  the  regular  Church  Meeting,  and  at  these  meetings  busi¬ 
ness  shall  be  dispensed  with  as  far  as  possible. 

Sec.  4. — Special  Meetings  may  be  called  by  the  Pastor  and 
Deacons,  or  by  request  of  five  members,  due  notice  having  been 
given  on  the  previous  Sabbath. 

ART.  VII— RULES  AND  AMENDMENTS. 

Section  1. — The  church  shall  enact  such  Rules  as  are  neces¬ 
sary  to  carry  out  the  requirements  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  2. — This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any 
annual  meeting,  or  at  any  meeting  called  for  that  purpose  by  a 
vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present,  provided  a  written 
notice  of  the  same  has  been  given  at  least  four  weeks  previous, 
and  read  from  the  pulpit  on  the  Sabbath  preceding  such  meeting, 
and  provided,  further,  that  the  proposed  change  does  not  infringe 
upon  the  doctrines  or  organic  principles  of  this  church. 


RULES. 


I.  Five  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

II.  The  Constitution,  Rules,  Articles  of  Faith,  and  Covenant 
shall  be  read  by  the  Pastor  at  the  preparatory  services  for  Janu- 
uary  and  July  of  each  year. 

III.  The  names  of  resident  members  of  this  church  who  ab¬ 
sent  themselves  from  the  regular  services  and  ordinances  of  the 
church  for  one  year  or  more,  except  in  case  of  sickness  or  physical- 
inability  to  attend  the  same,  may  be  dropped  from  the  church  roll 
by  vote  of  the  church. 

IV.  At  each  preparatory  service  the  roll  of  members  present 
shall  be  called  by  the  Clerk,  and  it  is  urged  that  each  person  re¬ 
spond  by  prayer,  verse  of  scripture,  or  quotation,  and  if  impossi¬ 
ble  to  be  present  it  is  urged  that  a  message  be  sent. 


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V.  Any  of  these  Rules  may  be  suspended  for  the  time  being 
by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  regular  meet¬ 
ing  of  the  church.  They  may  be  altered  by  a  like  vote  provided 
a  written  notice  has  been  given  at  least  one  week  previous. 

Officers  of  the  Church  Jan.  1*  1300. 


Rev.  J.  Vincent  Willis,  Pastor. 
Henry  F.  Gibbs,  Clerk. 

Henry  F.  Gibbs.  Treasurer. 


Deacons— 

William  Reed. 

Silas  S.  Rollins. 
Charles  L.  Teckler. 

Lvman  Harrison. 

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Trustees— 

Silas  S.  Rollins. 
Henry  F.  Gibbs. 
Charles  L.  Teckler. 
Frank  W.  Miller. 
Harrison  H.  Ford. 


Congregational  Church  and  Chapel. 


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